CHIPPEWA COUNTY TOBACCO-FREE LIVING COALITION

Wednesday, June 1,20161:00-2:30PM

Superior Café

Mission Statement

To improve the quality of life for all ChippewaCounty residents by preventing and/or reducing the health problems associated with tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.

In attendance:Steve Carey, CCHD; Connie Watson, Bay Mills Indian Community; Colin Welker, Sault Tribe Community Health; Brenda Brining, Bay Mills Indian Community

Agenda Item / Update / Action Required
Welcome & Review of Minutes /
  • Steve reviewed meeting minutes. Meeting minutes will still be distributed to the group.
/
  • Minutes will be posted on
  • Coalition recruitment

Review of Health Events/Activities
  • Bay Mills Red Flag Event May 12
  • WMH Employee Health Fair
  • National Prevention Week
  • World No Tobacco Day
  • UP4Health Challenge
  • Tobacco Free Michigan Grant
  • Youth Prevention /early education
  • Media(campaigns ads, brouchures, letters to the editor)
/
  • 300 flags were placed around the Bay Mills Health Center for awareness of tobacco trash.
  • WMH Employee Health Fair: Steve had a table of general tobacco information.
  • National Prevention Week: Photo project with areaschools. Took photos and posted on the CCHD Facebook page for tobacco prevention.
  • World No Tobacco page Facebook posting for Sault Tribe and CCHD.
  • UP4Health Challenge: TFLC may plan an event for the 1st week of August.
  • Tobacco Free Michigan Grant: Mini grants available for projects. Applications are due late June and dollars need to be spent by late September.
  • Youth Tobacco Prevention: Colin went to New Orleans and presented information on Policy on Tribal Lands and Youth Prevention.
  • Red Flag event to the Bay Mills News, Facebook, and Bay Mills Website.
/
  • No action required
  • Steve will email information on the Tobacco Free Michigan mini grants.

Keep Quitting/Cessation
  • MI Tobacco Quitline
  • 5A’s Trainings
  • Cessation classes/Support Groups
/
  • Quit line: numbers are up for the previous month. 0 pregnant callers from Chippewa County and 1 pregnant call from Mackinac County; ITCMI has contact information cards for the Native American hotline for support.
  • 5 A’s training: War Memorial Rehab and HBH is scheduled for the week of June 6.
  • Salvation Army Food Bank is changing their policy on gaining access to the food bank. They contacted Steve on Healthy Lifestyle training and making it available to clients.
/
  • Contact Steve at CCHD for 5 A Training.

Retail
  • Reduce outlets selling tobacco
  • Tobacco/nicotine 21
  • Increase tobacco tax
/
  • No updates
/
  • No action required

Restricting Places You Can Smoke
  • Tobacco Free Outdoor Recreation areas
  • Smoke Free casinos
  • Increase restrictions on smoking around children
  • National TF college campus initiative challenge
/
  • Survey was complete for parks and recreation areas. Data is not available yet.
  • Smoke Free Casinos: Kewadin Conference Center is on target to go smoke free by September, 30 2016.
/
  • No action required

Policy Enforcement
  • Implement/enforce policies
  • Synar Tobacco Checks
  • Representative Lee Chatfield and Senator Wayne Schmidt
/
  • Synar checks with teenagers and the CCHD will be completed in June, 2016.
  • Colin received a letter from Chatfield on the great tobacco prevention work he has been doing in the community. Colin will try and attend open community hours.
/
  • Steve will forward representative hours to the TFLC.

  • Bay Mills Indian Community
SF/TF Initiatives
  • Sault Tribe
SF/TF Initiatives / -Sault Tribe hosted Mayo Clinic on Nicotine Dependence and e-cigarettes in May, 2016.
Other Updates/Announcements/Reminders /
  • No other updates

Next Meeting Date: / Wednesday, July 6, 1:00-2:30pm Superior Café

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world.

Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead