Press release regarding this survey, June
2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2006
Contact:
Ted Schiele
Tompkins County Health Department
274-6712 tschiele@tompkins-co.org
Local tobacco group plans survey of area residents.
A survey of tobacco use, attitudes and perceptions will be conducted among Tompkins County residents beginning around June 5. Tobacco Free Tompkins is conducting the telephone survey to obtain information that will help guide the group’s activities in the coming years. Watertown, NY-based Joel LaLone Consulting, a specialist in community studies, has been contracted to administer the survey. The survey was developed with the Tobacco Surveillance, Evaluation and Research Team of the New York State Department of Health in Albany. The same survey will be conducted in Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego counties. A similar survey was conducted in June 2004.
Four hundred randomly selected residents will be polled by telephone. Questions will cover topics such as tobacco marketing and promotion, the state's clean indoor air law, and use of tobacco products. The survey call will take about five minutes.
Participation in the survey is voluntary and individuals may decline to answer particular questions, may discontinue the survey at any time, or decline to take the survey altogether. The survey is completely anonymous and all calls will remain strictly confidential. The survey taker will review this information at the beginning of their call.
For more information about Tobacco Free Tompkins or about the tobacco survey, call Ted Schiele at the Tompkins County Health Department at 274-6712, write tschiele@tompkins-co.org, or visit the About section of this web site.
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NYSDOH: Tobacco use Among Adults – New York State, 2002