Tobacco Kills County Citizens
Tobacco Battle Plans
The Department of Health recognizes that tobacco is a major public health problem for Saint Louis County.
We have assembled allies and collaborators locally and nationally, formed a community-based Tobacco Task Force and are engineering a focused attack on the major cause of morbidity/mortality problems in the County.
We solicit community input, both online and in community meetings, on managing our tobacco problem.
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Look to this site for news about tobacco-related public health
activities in the Saint Louis metro area. Send your ideas for tobacco
risk education to our media coordinator (below).
Saint Louis County Department of Health
111 South Meramec Avenue
Clayton, Missouri 63105
Phone: (314) 615-0600 Fax: (314) 615-6435
TTY: (314) 615-8428 Email:
DOH Media Coordinator
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TOBACCO CALENDAR
from the Tobacco-Free Missouri "Coalition News" listing.
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Thurs., Sept 16, 2004
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Next Tobacco-Free Coalition Meeting
9 - 11 a.m. Room 1501 SLU Salus Center.
The Salus Center is located at 3545 Lafayette Avenue in the building that was once Incarnate Word Hospital. Lafayette runs parallel to I-44 at Grand. Enter the visitors' parking lot from Lafayette. You will be given a parking token as you exit the meeting.
- Meet the new Coalition co-chairs: Gordon Dymowski (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse) and David Pole (Saint Louis County Department of Health).
- Get updates on pending municipal ordinances.
- Learn how to be an advocate through letter-writing, testifying at public meetings, being interviewed.
- Hear about future funding opportunities.
Please RSVP Melissa at (314) 977-8131 by 9/13/04.
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October 21, 2004
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Youth Advocacy Workshop
Youth Advocacy Workshop at DePaul Medical Center.
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November 18, 2004
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Health Care Committee Meeting
Health Care Committee meeting at SLU School of Public Health, 2 - 3:30 pm.
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November 18, 2004
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Great American Smokeout
The Great American Smokeout; SSM HealthCare goes smokefree!
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And through the
CDC in Atlanta...
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The CDC's National Tobacco
Calendar
The CDC now publishes an online media event calendar, which gives ideas of
how to tie in national holidays and special events with tobacco-related activities.
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For more information
about these
activities...
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Call Viviane McKay at (314) 615-8941
or email vmckay@stlouisco.com
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