Table 2.
Tobacco Reduction Activities in Regional Health Authorities (RHAs), Alberta, Canada, 2000 and 2002
| Target Strategies | Initiative | Number of RHAs Participating | |
|
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2002 | ||
| General provincial strategies | Clean Air Campaign — Smoke-Free Homes | 6 | — |
| Clear the Air Campaign; Weedless Wednesday; World No Tobacco Day | 1 | — | |
| Partnership With Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission | — | 1 | |
| Partnership With Alberta Tobacco Reduction Alliance | 7 | 1 | |
| Partnership With Action for Health | 1 | — | |
| Working with provincial and community partners for tobacco reduction initiatives | 1 | — | |
| Maternal–child strategies | Assist pregnant women to stop smoking | — | 1 |
| Breathing for Two | 1 | — | |
| Clinical training for tobacco reduction among pregnant women | 1 | — | |
| Food for Two (prenatal awareness of tobacco risks) | 1 | — | |
| Healthy Moms/Healthy Babies | 1 | — | |
| Kick Butt for Two | — | 1 | |
| Maternal–child quality management team | 1 | — | |
| Prenatal nutrition program (emphasis on tobacco reduction) | — | 1 | |
| Youth initiatives | BLAST (youth creating plans to address tobacco issues) | 2 | — |
| Expand initiatives with youth emphasis | — | 1 | |
| Flight Path Youth Tobacco Reduction conference | 1 | — | |
| Peace Adolescent Health | — | 1 | |
| Reduce youth tobacco use | — | 1 | |
| Teen Health Survey | 1 | — | |
| Youth tobacco cessation programs | 2 | — | |
| School-based initiatives | Collaborate with school division | 1 | — |
| CANOE (Ceasing Addiction to Nicotine with Others' Encouragement), high school | 1 | — | |
| Interactive kit for teachers | — | 1 | |
| School education programs, grades 3–7 | — | 1 | |
| School grants for tobacco cessation activities | 1 | — | |
| Students funded to attend peer-support and leadership conference | — | 1 | |
| Tobacco Addiction Awareness Prevention program | 1 | — | |
| Tobacco reduction initiatives in schools | — | 1 | |
| Youth tobacco survey, junior and senior high schools | 1 | — | |
| Community-based initiatives | Activities of Chinook Tobacco Resource Network | 1 | — |
| Adult tobacco cessation programs | 2 | — | |
| Catching Our Breath | — | 1 | |
| Freedom From Smoking | — | 1 | |
| Harm reduction approach | — | 1 | |
| Increase the number of smoke-free environments (e.g., in home and community settings) | 1 | 2 | |
| Kick Butt Campaign | 1 | — | |
| Kic the Nic | 1 | — | |
| OFF Your Butts | 1 | 1 | |
| Smoking cessation information on Web site | — | 1 | |
| Smoke-Free Bow Valley | — | 1 | |
| Smoke-Free Registry for Business in David Thompson Health Region (online) | 1 | — | |
| Smoke Talk | 1 | — | |
| Start Stopping (smoking cessation program) | 1 | — | |
| Teaming Up for Tobacco-Free Kids | — | 1 | |
| Tobacco Addiction Awareness Prevention program | 1 | — | |
| Tobacco-Less Times (newsletter) | 1 | — | |
| Tobacco reduction activities (unspecified) | 2 | — | |
| Tobacco reduction coalitions | 2 | — | |
| Tobacco reduction environmental scan and operational plan completed | 1 | — | |
| Toxic Tunnel | 1 | 1 | |
| Tobacco Reduction Committee (partnered with community groups) | 1 | — | |
| Your Guide to a Smoke-Free Future | — | 1 | |
| Organizational initiatives | Dental Health Services integrated tobacco reduction | 1 | — |
| Smoke-free environment in and on regional health authority property | 3 | — | |
| Workplace wellness program (smoking cessation) | — | 1 | |
| Policy initiatives | Advocacy activities (unspecified) | 1 | — |
| Smoking control policy for regional health authority facilities | 1 | 2 | |
| Smoke-free plebiscite | — | 1 | |
| Policy advocacy for decreased smoking rates (i.e., city bylaw review) | 1 | 1 | |