Smoke-Free Parks & Playground and Smoke-Free Apartments Webinar

Event Name:          Smoke-Free Parks and Playgrounds Webinar

Many communities are interested in creating smokefree outdoor recreational areas such as parks, playgrounds, and sports fields. Eliminating secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use in these areas can be an important way to improve public health.

What does it take to adopt and enforce this type of local policy?

Join us for this webinar on key legal and practical considerations involved in creating smokefree outdoor recreational areas. You'll learn about a variety of options and tools you can use to craft a strong smokefree parks policy, including model language and policy checklists. We'll also share tips on how to build a successful campaign for this kind of policy - and we'll recommend ways to carry out and enforce the policy effectively.

Date:                         Friday, May 4th
Time:                        10:00am -11:30am

Audience: Municipal leaders; representatives from park districts, law enforcement, & community organizations; health educators; community advocates; and parents

To Register: www.cookcountypublichealth.org/events and clicking on the date of the webinar.


Event Name:              Smoke-Free Apartments

People who live in apartments, senior complexes, and other multi-unit housing developments are often exposed to secondhand smoke drifting in from a neighbor's unit. Secondhand smoke increases lung cancer and heart disease risk in adults and worsens asthma symptoms in children, with low-income families bearing the greatest burden.

How can community leaders create smokefree living environments to address this problem and improve public health?

Join us for this webinar to get a better understanding about smokefree housing policies and the different methods landlords, condominium associations, and local governments can use to make common areas and individual units nonsmoking.  We'll also share ideas on how to build community support for smokefree housing.

Date:                         Friday, May 11th
Time:                        10:00am -11:30am

To Register:  www.cookcountypublichealth.org/events and clicking on the date of the webinar.

Audience:  Landlords, Housing Authority representatives, municipal leaders, community organizations, health educators, community advocates, and parents