HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11042014 - PR.4RECOMMENDATION(S):
SUPPORT the “Great American Smokeout”, by acknowledging the ongoing effort s of the respiratory care
practitioners in Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Respiratory Therapy “Freedom from
Smoking” facilitators and the Contra Costa Health Services tobacco prevention staff.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND:
The idea for the Great American Smokeout grew from a 1970 event in Randolph, Massachusetts, at which Arthur P.
Mullaney asked people to give up cigarettes for a day and donate the money they would have spent on cigarettes to a
high school scholarship fund. Then in 1974, Lynn R. Smith, editor of the Monticello Times in Minnesota,
spearheaded the state’s first D-Day, or Don’t Smoke Day.
The idea caught on, and on November 18, 1976, the California Division of the American Cancer Society got nearly 1
million smokers to quit for the day. That California event marked the first Great American Smokeout, and the Society
took the program nationwide in 1977. Since then, there have been dramatic
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/04/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact:
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 4, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker
PR.4
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 4, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
changes in the way society views tobacco advertising and tobacco use. Many public places and work areas are now
smoke-free – this protects non-smokers and supports smokers who want to quit.
The Respiratory Therapists at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center have been participating in this event by
providing Quit Kits and educating the public tobacco cessations techniques and providing tobacco cessation classes
in Pittsburg and Martinez.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Board of Supervisors and the public will not have the opportunity to recognize the effort.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.