Mailing List:
All Tompkins County workplaces with more than 5 employees (about 1200.)
Poster
11 x 17; Original
illustrations by Jim Houghton/ The Graphic Touch
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What is a tobacco free zone?
It’s welcoming
Just about everyone agrees that tobacco smoke is unpleasant and unhealthy.
§ A tobacco free zone means a clear, smoke free path so everyone
can come and go in comfort.
It supports youth
We all play a part in helping our kids make good choices. Tobacco companies
put up storefront ads that sell to youth by making tobacco look appealing
and affordable. And these ads are an unwelcome tease for someone trying
hard to quit.
§ A tobacco free zone means an ad-free area that supports kids’
efforts to make responsible choices.
It’s good business
Millions of dollars are spent every year to treat disease and disabilities
linked directly to tobacco use. Since most of these costs are covered
by employee health benefits or Medicaid, they add to the ever growing
cost of doing business and the burden of rising property taxes.
§ A tobacco free zone is one small step you can take to help reduce
the burden of tobacco use in our community.
How to create a tobacco free zone
Your first T-Free Zone will probably be around your main entryway.
You might have additional Zones outside other doors, docks and service
bays, or along walkways and parking areas adjacent to your building.*
Move ash trays and cigarette receptacles away from doors, entryways,
and other areas included in your T-Free Zone.
If you sell tobacco products, remove advertising and promotional displays
from around doors, parking lots, and other areas you include in a T-Free
Zone.
Put up a T-Free Zone decal! Show customers, visitors and employees
that you have taken a positive step for their health and comfort, for
our youth, and for the community.
OR, define a T-Free Zone your own way; make it a personalized step
that you, your business or organization takes to help reduce the burden
of tobacco use in Tompkins County. Visit our web site for ideas.
For more information, call (607) 274-6712, or visit www.tompkins-co.org/wellness
and click on the Zone link.
Ready To Quit? Call The NYS Smokers’ Quitline:
1-866-NY-QUITS (1-866-697-8487)
Call the Quitline—See The Smile of an Ex-smoker.
*A T-Free Zone may designate an outdoor area as
a no smoking area. All indoor public areas and workplaces and certain
outdoor areas of restaurants must be no smoking areas by NYS public
health law. For more information about the 2003 NYS Clean Indoor Air
Act, visit www.tompkins-co.org/wellness/tobaccofree/ciaa/.
© 2006 TOMPKINS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
ITHACA, NY
FUNDING THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE NYS DEPT OF HEALTH
ILLUSTRATIONS: © 2006 JIM HOUGHTON /THE GRAPHIC TOUCH
Mailing Envelope
12
x 9, white; Original illustration by Jim Houghton/ The Graphic Touch
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Tompkins County's Newest
Welcome Sign
See inside for free decals and information about your chance to win!
Reply card
5.5 x 4.25; Click
to Download PDF (146K)
YES! I have a T-Free Zone decal displayed at my workplace.
T-Free Zone(s) at my workplace:
Main entryway
Rear or side exit
Loading dock or receiving area
Parking lot or area
Walkway
Outdoor sales or display area
Picnic or recreation area
Fuel pump area (no tobacco ads)
Other ______________________________
Please send additional decals: # of front-stick ____; # of
back-stick ____
Yes! Enter my workplace in the T-Free Zone prize drawing.*
Name ____________________________
Title _____________________________
Business /Org. _____________________
Address __________________________
City/State/ZIP ______________________
Phone _______________ Email ___________________
*SEE ENCLOSED PRIZE SHEET FOR DETAILS
Prize list
4.25 x 11; Click
to download PDF (97K)
T-Free Zone Participants
Random Drawing
Prizes
How to enter:
1. Post one of the enclosed T-Free Zone decals at your workplace to
mark an outdoor area you want to keep smoke-free and tobacco-free.
2. Complete the enclosed reply card, add a stamp and mail it.
Over $500 in Prizes:*
• TCAT Bus passes
• Gift certificates
• Office supplies
• Business products
• Dining out
PLUS, be one of the first 50*
participants and have your workplace recognized in T-Free advertising!
Who may enter:
The drawing is open to all Tompkins County workplaces. Individuals who
send in a reply card must be 18 years old or over. Only one registration
per workplace, please.
What happens next:
All prizes will be awarded by random drawing of valid reply cards received
by September 15, 2006. The drawing will be held the week of September
25, 2006.
*Prizes subject to change without notice. Final list of prizes available
by request on or after September 15, 2006. First 50 participants based
on receipt of qualifying reply card.
For more information and updates:
Visit www.tompkins-co.org/wellness/zone
Email tschiele@tompkins-co.org
Call 274-6712
Stickers
4 x 4.5
T-Free
Zone
Tobacco Free Tompkins
We Keep this Area
Smoke Free
& Tobacco Free
Advertising support for the direct mail campaign
Print
ad series (breaks June 29 ’06):
Tobacco Free Tompkins introduces the T-Free Zone
Tompkins County's Newest
Welcome Sign
A Tobacco Free Zone means a clear, smoke free path
so everyone can come and go in comfort.
Look for Tobacco Free Zones soon at businesses and workplaces across
Tompkins County. Learn more at www.tompkins-co.org/wellness/zone.
Version #2:
A Tobacco Free Zone means an ad-free area that supports
kids’ efforts to make responsible choices.
Version #3:
A Tobacco Free Zone is one small step to help reduce
the burden of tobacco use in our community.
