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Legacy Resources
NACCHO WebcastApril 22, 2009
www.americanlegacy.org
Research – Fact Clipboard
• Verified facts• Sort by category
– Fact Sheets• Examples: Youth & Smoking; Secondhand Smoke; LGBT & Smoking
– Publications• Examples: Cigarette Preferences among Youth (First Look Report 17);
Postpartum Protocol Script
– Tobacco Documents Library– Surveys and Data
• NYTS and LMTS Data sets, questionnaires, fact sheets
www.americanlegacy.org
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What We Do → Grants →Dissemination
– Dissemination reports• Examples:
– “Sustainability Beyond Dollars: Organizations Achieving Long-Term Success in Community-Based Tobacco Control”
– “Promoting Systems Change in Community-Driven Tobacco Control”
– “Building Effective Collaborations: Organizations Working Together in Tobacco Control”
www.americanlegacy.org
Re-learn Life Without Cigarettes
• BecomeAnEX.org is a project of the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation to help people quit smoking• English (BecomeAnEX.org)• Spanish (ConvierteteEnUnEX.org)
• Offers free, comprehensive personalized quit plans as well as resources and tools to help smokers re-learn life without cigarettes
• More than 1 million visits to date
BecomeAnEX.org
The EX Plan
Re-learn HabitA look at smoking behaviors, or those things smokers pair with cigarettes. Practice separating cigarettes from those behaviors BEFORE quitting.
Re-learn AddictionHow the nicotine in cigarettes changes a smokers brain chemistry making it physically harder to quit.
Re-learn SupportThe importance of getting the type of support needed from friends and family.
BecomeAnEX.org Resources
• State and National Resources– 1-800-QUIT NOW– Web sites
• Printout Library – Quit manuals – Cigarette tracker, napkin origami– Nicotine and medication overviews
• EX Community
Promoting BecomeAnEX.org
• Opportunities to promote BecomeAnEX.org• Mention in media interviews
• List as a consumer resource (with permission)• Press materials, fact sheets, web sites, hyperlinks
• Include this credit (where possible)• BecomeAnEX.org is a project of the National Alliance for Tobacco
Cessation to help people quit smoking.
• Use this description (as needed)• BecomeAnEX.org is a web site with tips and tools for quitting
including personalized quit plans, and a virtual community where smokers can share stories and strategies about their experiences quitting.
National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation – Current State Members
• Arkansas • Arizona• Connecticut• DC• Indiana• Louisiana• Missouri (Missouri
Foundation for Health)• North Carolina
• New York• North Dakota• Oklahoma• Oregon• Rhode Island• Vermont• Washington• Wyoming
