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Building Healthier Communities: Achieving a Tobacco-Free Designation Through Sustainable Jersey with

Date and Time

Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM

Location


USA

Category

Outside Organization Events

Registration Info

Registration is required

About this event

Presenters:

•Megan Avallone, Health Officer, Westfield Township Health Department
•Candace Davenport, Health Officer, Maplewood Township Health Department
•Samantha McGraw, Senior Department Administrator, Sustainable Jersey program of The College of New Jersey Sustainability Institute
•Jacob Delbridge, Project Director at Counter Tools

Health CE# 22036 1.5 approved CEUs provided by NJACCHO
Join Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ, Counter Tools, and Sustainable Jersey for a webinar to learn more about how your local municipality can achieve a “Tobacco Free Community” designation through the Sustainable Jersey program. A municipality can earn points towards the Tobacco-Free Community Designation by pursuing specific tobacco prevention and control initiatives. This webinar will empower and educate community leaders to initiate evidence-based point-of-sale policies to help reduce tobacco-related disparities, decrease tobacco use and dependence, and reduce tobacco product exposure.

Goals/Learning Objectives:
1)To confidently understand the tobacco-related point-of-sale policies that can qualify for tobacco-free community points under the Sustainable Jersey program.
2)To equip participants with the framing and key talking points to engage in communication with local leaders and community members around POS policies, including local tobacco retailer licensing.
3)To analyze approaches for maintaining sustainable programs for local tobacco retailer licensing and compliance monitoring, as well as strategies for addressing violations.

This webinar will be led by four experts in their fields, representing the Sustainable Jersey Program, a national non-profit focusing on point-of-sale policies (Counter Tools), and Tobacco Free for a Healthy New Jersey. Slides will be accompanied by discussion of real-world implementation of policies followed by a question-and-answer portion.