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Welcome
Welcome to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals' Tobacco Control Program.
The program is committed to promoting partnerships and using research-based strategies for tobacco prevention, control and awareness in order to empower citizens to make healthy lifestyle choices to create a tobacco-free Louisiana.
Information on Electronic Cigarettes from the FDA
Promising Practices: Achieving Health and Social Equity in Tobacco Control Conference
Hosted by:
Health Education Councils - Break Free Alliance and the
National African American Tobacco Education Network
April 27-28, 2010 in New Orleans.
READY TO QUIT?
You can do it! We'll help.
Link for help.
Quit with help from QuitWithUsLa.org.
Call for help.
The Louisiana Quitline 1-800-QUIT-NOW is a FREE counseling line. If you or someone you know is ready to quit smoking, call the quitline today.
Ask your healthcare provider for help.
Medications in addition to counseling have a 4-time greater chance of success. Ask your healthcare provider today.
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Healthcare Professionals
Healthcare professionals are a vital part of a healthy Louisiana. Together, we can help Louisianans be smoke-free. Research suggests that patients receiving counseling combined with pharmacotherapy are four times more likely to successfully quit.
Start with the 5 A’s:
•Ask. Identify tobacco users at every visit.
•Advise. Talk with the patients about tobacco use and urge them to quit.
•Assess. Determine if the patient is willing to make a quit attempt at this time.
•Assist. Prescribe a medication unless contraindications exist.
•Arrange. Arrange follow-up, including Fax-to-Quit Louisiana.
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The Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Act (Act 815)
The Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Act, prohibits smoking in most public places and workplaces, including all restaurants with or without attached bars. Smoking will still be allowed in stand-alone bars and casinos. Prisons will be smoke-free by August 15, 2009.
Local communities are free to strengthen the Act with stricter local ordinances.
School campuses are tobacco-free, but schools may become a 100% Tobacco-Free School by setting higher standards for their students.
With the passage of Act 838, it is also illegal to smoke in vehicles when children are present, regardless of whether the windows are closed or open.
If you would like to report a violation of the Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Acts, contact the Louisiana Tobacco Control Program at:(225) 342-2654 or via email at: Jeremy.Bridges@la.gov
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