The Forum is usually held the 4th Wednesday of the first month of each quarter, from 12:00 - 1:00, via conference call. The Forum is facilitated by the Health Promotion Program - Tobacco Education, at Denver Public Health. Communication is usually via email. To be added to the list, contact Tracey Richers Maruyama at 303-602-3692 or email at: mailto:tracey.richersmaruyama@dhha.org


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The Tobacco Free Hospital Forum is for hospital executives (VPs, CEOs, Directors of Security, Operations, Human Resources, Marketing/Public Relations, etc.) to exchange and share information regarding tobacco issues and policies at hospitals/medical centers.


Colorado Tobacco Free/Smoke Free Hospitals and Medical Centers (updated 1/1/10)

47 Have Implemented a Tobacco-Free Campus Policy
Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs, 01/01/10
Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, 01/01/10
Prowers Medical Center, Lamar, 07/01/09

Community Hospital, Grand Junction - 03/01/09
Family Health West Hospital, Fruita - 03/01/09
St. Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Grand Junction - 03/01/09

Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan, Denver - 01/05/09
Mt. San Rafael Hospital, Trinidad - 11/20/08 Great American Smokeout
Denver Health, Denver - 11/20/08 Great American Smokeout

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Colorado Springs - 08/08/08
St. Anthony Central Hospital, Denver - 08/08/08
Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora - 08/08/08
North Suburban Medical Center, Thornton - 08/08/08
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver - 08/08/08
Rose Medical Center, Denver - 08/08/08
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree - 08/08/08
Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, Aurora/Denver - 08/08/08
Swedish Medical Center, Englewood - 08/08/08
Centura Health - St. Anthony North Hospital, Westminster - 08/08/08
Advista Adventist Hospital, Louisville - 08/08/08 (Policy)
Vibra Hospitals (formerly North Valley Hospitals), Thornton - 08/04/08
Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs - 07/15/08

Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge - 07/04/08
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora - 07/01/08

Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver
- 07/01/08
Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Pueblo 06/02/08 (Policy)
Littleton Adventist Hospital, Littleton - 04/01/08
Longmont United Hospital, Longmont - 02/14/08 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
Heart of The Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida -
02/14/08 (Policy) includes "lease" language
St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver - 01/01/08
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver - 01/01/08 (Policy)
Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose - 11/15/07 Great American Smokeout
Keefe Memorial Hospital, Cheyenne Wells - 11/01/07
St. Anthony's Hospital, Summit County - 10/22/07
Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder - 08/2/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton - 07/10/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
The Children’s Hospital, Denver - 07/2/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
North Colorado Medical Center/Banner, Greeley - 05/30/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver - 03/1/07 (Policy)
Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland - 02/14/07 (Policy)
includes "all buildings regardless of ownership" language
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, La Junta - 01/1/07
Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver - 11/15/06
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa - 9/1/06
St. Mary Corwin Medical Center, Pueblo - 07/01/06
Estes Park Medical Center, Estes Park - 04/4/06 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
McKee Medical Center, Loveland - 03/1/05
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette - 11/1/04


Will Soon Implement a Tobacco-Free Campus Policy - publicly announced


Thank you to all the administrators of hospitals who have implemented a 100% Tobacco Free Hospital Campus policy to protect patients, visitors, and staff from the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke.


Next Scheduled Forum:

January Forum:
January 27, 2010

12:00 (noon) to 1:00pm

Location:
Conference call

 

Upcoming Forums:
April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010
October 27, 2010


October 28, 2009 Forum Presentation

Prowers Medical Center

Achieving Our Tobacco Free Campus Designation (PPT)

Karen Bryant
Chief Operating Officer
Prowers Medical Center

www.prowersmedical.com


August 26, 2009 Forum Presentation


Addressing cessation treatment as a covered benefit for employees and the formal title of the presentation is: "Tobacco Cessation: The Best Return on Investment"

Claire Brockbank; Consultant, Segue Consulting

PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) updated!


RSVP to Tracey to get the call-in information.

email: Tracey Richers Maruyama


Forum Minutes

September, 2008
May, 2008
March, 2008
January, 2008 (PDF)
September, 2007 (PDF)
July, 2007 (PDF)
May, 2007 (PDF)
April, 2007 (PDF)
March, 2007 PDF)
February, 2007 (PDF)
January, 2007 (PDF)
December, 2006 (PDF)


New Tool!

The American Hospital Association and the Association for Community Health Improvement have collaborated to produce "Destination Tobacco Free: A Practical Guide for Hospitals and Health Systems."

This tool is designed to help health care leaders develop or improve tobacco-use policies and protocols.

http://www.whf.org/DestinationTobaccoFree/

Destination Tobacco Free (PDF)


Ordinances Regarding Smoking on Sidewalks Surrounding Hospitals

Pueblo City Council Passes Hospital Sidewalk Ordinance
Pueble Ordinance (PDF)
See Sec. 7-6-6.1 Prohibition in Public Right-of-Way Adjoining Hospitals


Denver City Council Passes Hospital Sidewalk Ordinance

Denver Ordinance (PDF) Effective November 20, 2008


Hospital Wants Sidewalk Smoking Ban
New Haven Independent, USA
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/12/hospital_propos.php

Read YNHH’s proposal to Aldermen (PDF)


Creating Safer Hospitals?
The Aurora Sentinel Daily Sun, CO
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2008/12/04/news/doc49385b2b99e79795704842.txt

 

Clearing the Air Around Hospitals
Baltimore Sun, United States
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-md.ci.smoking18nov18,0,7934654.story


"Good Neighbor" Policies

Rockford Health System, IL (PDF)

Denver Health & Hospital, CO (PDF)

St. Anthony Central, CO (check back)

HealthONE, CO (check back)


HEADLINES - National Media about Hospitals going 100% Smoke Free

Headlines March 2, 2009(PDF)


Enforcement

Employee Enforcement Plan sample (PDF)


Prowers Medical Center - Tobacco Free July 1, 2009!

Celebration event (PDF)

Pledge to be tobacco free form (PDF)

Policy Acknowledge committment form (PDF)

Quit Kit Signage (PDF)

Did you know flyer
(PDF)

TFC in newspaper ad
(PDF)

Did you know? table tent (Doc)

PMC Tobacco Free Campus Board resolution (PDF)

TFC Countdown Banner (PDF)

TFC Resource Information (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Policy (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Timeline (PDF)


Longmont United Hospital

Vendor Campus Free Letter (PDF)

Alternative Support Systems (PDF)

Discharge Tobacco Referral Information (PDF)

Guest Book insert (PDF)

Tobacco Free Forum Presentation - PowerPoint (PDF)

Management Training Campus-Free Employees (PDF)

Management Training Campus-Free Visitors (PDF)

Path to Quitting Tobacco (PDF)

Physician Campus Free Letter Rev (PDF)

Proposed Timeline (PDF)

Timeline to Countdown (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Management Training - Employees - PowerPoint (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Management Training - Patients, Visitors - PowerPoint (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Planning (PDF)

Tobacco Free Press Release January 3, 2008 (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Poster (PDF)

Tobacco Free Small Card (PDF)

Tobacco Free 8.5 x 11 (PDF)


St. Anthony Central and Summit County

Table Tent (PDF)

Summit County Letter to the Editor
(PDF)

Card 1 English (Pub)

Card 2 Spanish (Pub)


Exempla Lutheran Medical Center

Journey to a Tobacco Free Campus - PowerPoint (PDF)


Penrose-St. Francis Medical Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Thank You for Respecting Our Tobacco Free Policy (PowerPoint)

Policy card for visitors (PDF)

PSF Timeline (PDF)

PSF Smoking Cessation Incentive (PDF)

PSF media and celebration articles (PDF)

PSF and St.Anthony/Centura Highlights and Challenges (PDF)

Employee Success Story - Nate (PDF)


Denver Health

Denver Health Timeline (PDF)

Denver Health Tobacco Free graphic (PDF)

Denver Health Bike In Butt Out - convert from smoking hutt to bike hut (PDF)

Focus group questions and responses summary (PDF)

Getting It Right Documents (PDF)

Getting Through Your Workshift Without Tobacco (PDF)

Nicotine Replacement Therapy sold in Denver (PDF)

Hospital Sidewalk Ordinance business card (PDF)

Employee Scripting (PDF)


The Right to Smoke? (PDF) March, 2008

The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has updated and revised its 2005 publication: There is No Constitutional Right to Smoke. The purpose of the law synopsis is to debunk the argument that smokers have a special legal right to smoke.


Scripting

Platte Valley (PDF)

Nebraska Hospitals and Health Systems (PDF) pg 29-31 of Resource Guide, see Resources link below

Allegan County Medical Care Facility (PDF) pg. 10-14 of 2009 Implementation Plan, see Resources link below

Duke Medical School (PDF)

Denver Health and Hospital (PDF)


Colorado Hospital Association

CHA Board Resolution
(PDF)

CHA logo for tobacco free hospitals (.jpg)

Resolution article in HealthBEAT (PDF)


Announcements

University of Colorado Hospital (PDF)

Mission Hospital Employee Announcement (PDF)


Implementation Timelines

Grinnell TF Timeline (PDF)

Tobacco Free Campus Countdown Timeline (PDF)

Healthy Hospitals Initiative, NC Prevention Partners 12 month Plan (PDF)

CMH Timeline (PDF)

Longmont United Hospital (PDF)

Penrose-St. Francis Medical Center, CO Springs Timeline (PDF)

Denver Health and Hospital Timeline (PDF)


National

Sample Hospital Policies (PDF)


Tobacco Free Forum for Mental Health Centers & Psychiatric Facilities (click here)



Fragrance Policy - National Jewish Medical & Research Center

No aftershave, perfume, scented deodorant or strong-scented cosmetics including hair spray is allowed to be worn by National Jewish employees.  A practice of good personal hygiene is important in a health care environment.  Use of fragrances can be offensive to patients and cause irritant reactions in asthmatics.

 

Kimball Physics, Inc (PDF)
"No tobacco-residuals emitting person, article of clothing, or other object is allowed..."


Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative

Where There’s Smoke… Implementing Tobacco Cessation In Your Hospital Department Using a TRIA (POWERPOINT )


Links to Resources

Toolkits

Maryland Hospital Association

West Virginia Hospital Association

Kansas Hospital Association

Iowa Hospital Association
Call 515-288-1955 for the toolkit

North Carolina Hospital Association with NC Prevention Partners

Univ of Arkansas Medical Sciences Tobacco Free Hospital Toolkit


Other

Destination Tobacco Free (PDF) New Tool!

Nebraska Hospitals and Health Systems - Tobacco Free Campus Resource Guide (PDF)

Healthy Hospital Initiative - NC Prevention Partnership

Best Practice Compliance Checklist - Healthy Hospital Initiative, NC
(PDF)

South Carolina Hospital Association

Wisconsin Hospital Association (PDF)

U. of Michigan Health System - Smoke Free Environment for Hospitals CD-ROM

Creating Tobacco-Free Hospitals Resource Guide (PDF)

Allegan County Medical Care Facility - Smoke Free Implementation Plan (PDF)


Forum Handouts

What They Are Saying...Hospital Executives (PDF)

What They are Saying...Hospital Employees (PDF)

What They Are Saying...Hospital Associations
(PDF)

 

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