Be Proactive: Help patients with diabetes quit smoking.
The California Diabetes Program, the California Smokers’ Helpline and the California Tobacco Control Program have teamed up to bring you the Be Proactive campaign.
Diabetes and Tobacco Cessation: "Do you cAARd?" Campaign
Diabetes Educators throughout California have joined forces with the California Diabetes Program and the California Smokers’ Helpline to assist their patients with diabetes quit smoking.  Â
“Do you cAARd?†challenges Diabetes Educators to use the Gold Card and share it with patients with diabetes who smoke or chew tobacco. The gold card is a marketing piece that urges smokers to call the Helpline, 1-800-NO-BUTTS (1-800-662-8887).Â
 Purpose: To build capacity through partnership.Â
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Goal: Decrease and/or prevent tobacco use among those disparately affected by, or at risk for, diabetes, breast or cervical cancer, cardiovascular disease or stroke, and within specific populations (African American, Hispanic/Latinos, Asian/Pacific Islander, and LGBT).Â
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Impact: Elimination of tobacco related health disparities among specific groups.
The BE A BRIDGE Partnership aims to use a collaborative approach to build capacity among a broad spectrum of organizations for the purpose of linking tobacco resources to chronic disease efforts in Pennsylvania. Among the core BE A BRIDGE initiatives are three Regional Summits in Eastern, Central and Western Pennsylvania, each to be followed with skill-based workshops. The BE A BRIDGE Capacity Survey was developed by Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) to solicit feedback from potential Summit and follow-up workshop attendees that would inform the planning of these events as well as to assess current capacity and training needs of organizations within Pennsylvania. The survey was distributed through BE A BRIDGE partner networks yielding 209 anonymous responses across Pennsylvania.
The BE A BRIDGE Partnership aims to use a collaborative approach to build capacity among a broad spectrum of organizations for the purpose of linking tobacco resources to chronic disease efforts in Pennsylvania. Among the core BE A BRIDGE initiatives are three Regional Summits in Eastern, Central and Western Pennsylvania, each to be followed with skill-based workshops. The BE A BRIDGE Capacity Survey was developed by Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) to solicit feedback from potential Summit and follow-up workshop attendees that would inform the planning of these events as well as to assess current capacity and training needs of organizations within Pennsylvania. The survey was distributed through BE A BRIDGE partner networks yielding 209 anonymous responses across Pennsylvania.
The project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides tips, tools and resources to help individuals and organizations successfully implement smoke-free laws. Tools include timelines, signs, business outreach materials, media templates and more. Many of the tools and concepts can be applied no just to major smoke-free laws, but also to the implementation of smoke-free policies in your individual organization or community. You can access the toolkit at http://goingsmokefree.org/ or via the link above.
