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The Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT) is dedicated to strengthen tobacco control laws across the Commonwealth. PACT works with national organizations and local coalitions to advocate for comprehensive tobacco control legislation in Pennsylvania.

In This Issue

Lebanon City is Ensuring Tobacco-Free Parks and Playgrounds for Children

Don’t Be Fooled: E-cig Aerosol Is Not Harmless for Kids

Pictorial Warning Labels on Tobacco Products

Become a Freedom From Smoking® Facilitator

Pennsylvania’s TRU May 2017 Report

Lebanon City is Ensuring Tobacco-Free Parks and Playgrounds for Children

The American Lung Association in Pennsylvania took part in unveiling 10 new Young Lungs At Play signs at parks and playgrounds in Lebanon City. Young Lungs At Play is program that aims to help communities create tobacco-free parks, playgrounds, and recreational areas for children.

Click Here to learn more about Young Lungs At Play.

Don’t Be Fooled: E-cig Aerosol Is Not Harmless for Kids

The aerosol from e-cigarettes are far from harmless. These emissions can contain nicotine and a variety of volatile organic compounds. With this said, many Americans actually believe that e-cigarette aerosol is safe. According to a study by CDC, 40 percent of American adults believe e-cigarettes causes some or little harm to children exposed to this product’s emissions. This is alarming because children are especially vulnerable to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes due to their lungs not being fully developed.

Click Here to view the CDC study on “Perceptions of Harm to Children Exposed to Secondhand Aerosol From Electronic Vapor Products.”

Pictorial Warning Labels on Tobacco Products Could Help Improve Communication of Risks to Smokers

Smoking rates are declining in the United States; however, tobacco use is still the number one cause of preventable death. A study by the University of Pennsylvania, found that pictorial warning labels are better at communicating risks than are text warnings. 112 daily cigarette smokers were asked to recall information from text warning labels and pictorial warning labels. These participants had greater difficulty recalling the information from text warnings than they had recalling the information from pictorial warnings. The researchers are suggesting that more research needs to be conducted to explore how repeated exposure to pictorial warnings affects recall and changes in attitude.

Become a Freedom From Smoking® Facilitator

The American Lung Association in PA will be holding a Freedom From Smoking® Facilitator training. The training will take place on June 28, 2017 in Camp Hill, PA from 9 am – 4 pm. Trained and certified facilitators conduct group clinics assisting individuals through a step-by-step process in quitting tobacco use. All facilitators trained are required to be tobacco-free for 12 months or longer. By participating in the training, you will learn the following: how to conduct sessions and activities, what challenges might arise, and how to handle those challenges.

Click Here to register for the training.

Pennsylvania’s TRU May 2017 Report

The Tobacco Resistance Unit (TRU) is a movement throughout all of Pennsylvania to help youth, ages 12 to 18, stay tobacco- and nicotine- free. Every month, TRU provides an update on TRU groups in regions throughout Pennsylvania, the number of TRU members, the number of TRU mentors, and TRU news.

Click Here to learn more about TRU.

We thank you for your continued membership on the Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco statewide coalition and dedication to protecting Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Hobbs Folkenroth
ALAM-A Tobacco Control Team Director

ALAM-A Freedom From Smoking Master Trainer

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