• Friday ~ Dec. 11: Deadline for responding to survey on
Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Inequities.
• Monday ~ Dec. 14: Webinar at 12PM ~ Public Health Law Center
~ HUD's Proposed Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule. Click here to register.
• Tuesday ~ Dec. 15: Webinar at 2:30 PM ~ SHIP School
Coordinators' ~ All About Local Wellness Policy & Reviewing Policy. Click
here to join webinar. Session
password:Oshii2015#
• Wednesday ~ Dec. 16: Monthly call at 2PM ~ Point of Sale
Connect Calls ~ Your agenda items are welcomed please email them to pat.mckone@lung.org.
Conference line: 1-888-354-0094
Passcode: 8132089
SHIP grantees and MDH are reaching out to media today to
encourage coverage of SHIP 4. A SHIP 4 news release from MDH is posted here. Grantees
who receive media coverage related
to this effort are encouraged to post links to their stories in
Basecamp in the "Foundational Skills for All" section.
Congratulations to White Properties for joining the thousands of other
properties that are smoke-free. On October 1st, the White
Apartments in Windom passed a Smoke-Free apartment policy for all 7
properties consisting of 65 units. The policy prohibits the use of e-cigarettes
and all other tobacco products. Kudos to Des Moines Valley Health and Human
Services TFC for assisting White Properties to pass this policy. The policy will be effective immediately October 30th.
Do you have a resource or success story (“gem”) to share for a future issue? Submissions for each week’s Thursday publication are due by noon every Tuesday to Health.MakingitBetter@state.mn.us or community specialists for:
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