Development and implementation of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's tobacco-free workplace policy was a multi-year process from inception to implementation (2004-2006).  Evaluation of the policy, which began during policy development and remains an ongoing commitment, has revealed continual policy impact.

It is our hope at ANTHC that health care facilities within the Alaska Tribal Health System also adopt tobacco-free policies.  Included here are tools that may be used to assist in the process, including example policies from various facilities and sample surveys that may be used in evaluation processes.

This is ANTHC's Poster for creating a tobacco-free workplace.  It includes information about Employee Attitudes and Tobacco Use Observations, as well as a timeline.

You can find ANTHC's tobacco free workplace toolkit here.  You can also find the State of Alaska's tobacco free healthcare facilities toolkit here.  The appendices for the Tobacco-free policy toolkit for healthcare facilities are listed here by appendix:

Appendix A: Time Line

Appendix B: Drug Protocol

Appendix C: TTS Training Programs

Appendix D: Contact Information

Appendix E: GPRA Information, GPRA Indicators & Definitions

Appendix F: Screening Tool Example

Appendix G: Policy Announcement Letter

Appendix H: Example policies: ANTHC, Central Peninsula Hospital, DHHS and IHS, EAT, Jones Medical Center, SCF, SEARHC, St. Mary's Hospital.

Appendix I: University of Michigan TFC Script

Appendix J: Example Surveys: SEARHC, Template

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