Fictitious Name |
HD Role |
HD Structure |
Relevant State
and Federal grants |
Demographic
Characteristics |
Ordinance
details |
Appleton |
Strong
Support: Unusually committed Regional HD Director strongly supports coalition
but does not drive effort. |
14
County health district; Main offices located in Appleton |
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Largest
city in rural county; Pop. 78,122 |
CIA
(4): Smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars;
allows separately ventilated rooms |
Plainview |
Weak
Support: Staff member from state Dept. of Health spoke at
council meeting |
Unknown |
|
Largest
city in rural county; Pop. 47,198 |
CIA
(2): Smoking banned in restaurants: 6 am to 8:30 pm; after
8:30 smoking section established, but may not seat children; truck stops
exempt |
Rockland |
Strong
Support: Supports ordinance but "when it got
political, HD played no role." Previous director found guilty of
misusing position |
County
HD - Main offices in Rockland |
ASSIST
grant to HD for tobacco control |
Largest
city in rural county. Pop. 83,312 |
CIA
(4.5): Strong: Bars and restaurants; allows separately
ventilated rooms |
Forest Valley |
Leading:
Chair of HD initiates idea, forms coalition and plays leading role in effort.
Position terminated |
County
HD - main offices in Forest Valley |
Cigarette
tax increase allocated to local tobacco control |
Largest
city in rural county; Pop. 44,757 |
CIA
(5): Strong: Bars and restaurants |
Thomasville |
None |
Undetermined |
|
Center
of large metro area. Pop. 126,272 |
CIA
(1): smoking banned in government buildings only |
Brewton |
Strong
Support: Strongly supportive of the efforts of local
coalition; does not drive effort |
Undetermined |
ASSIST |
Largest
city in rural county; Pop. 51,003 |
CIA
(3): Smoking banned in restaurants; allows for economic
hardship exemption, rarely used |
Nichols |
Leading:
Public Health educator and Field ASSIST director play major
role in effort; helped begin the mobilization process and served as first
vice-chair of coalition |
City
Dept. of Health located in Nichols |
ASSIST
Provided some staff support |
Largest
city in rural county; Pop. 62,126 |
CIA
(4): Smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars;
allows sepatately ventilated smoking rooms; truck stops exempt |
Kester |
Strong
Support: Smoke-free Kester wanted a supportive Health
Board; they expanded ordinance to include bars and unanimously passed that |
County
Health Board with advisory and rule-making authority |
CFTFK
grant to build community capacity |
Largest
city in rural county; Pop. 42,918 |
CIA
(4): smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars;
allows separately ventilated rooms |
Fountainhead |
Weak
Support: Health administrator sits on local coalition and
supports effort; but has no notable role |
Undetermined |
ASSIST
- focuses work on tobacco control |
Part
of 4 community, 2 state region. Pop. 32,395 |
YA
(4): Counter display ban; requires licensing |
Helmsley |
Weak
Support: State HD provided information and statistics only
and wrote a letter of support |
No
local HD's in state |
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Suburb
of larger city. Pop. 32,090 |
YA
(5): High fines; requires inspections |
Park City |
None: HD "not allowed" to take a stand or lobby due to
funding sources". Could have provided information, but they didn't. |
Multi-county
HD. Main offices two towns away |
"Smokeless
Kids Initiative" funding |
Wealthy
suburb of large metro area. Pop. 111,790 |
CIA
(2): Smoking banned in fast food restaurants and new
restaurants. Requires signage identifying restaurant smoking policy |
Palm Village |
Leading:
HD Director endorses effort; Head of Tobacco Control Division leads
coalition; coalition initiates and leads effort. Coalition can lobby. HD
can't tell coalition what to do, just "educate" them. |
One
of only 3 cities in state w/ a local HD; Tobacco Control Division |
ASSIST
- focused work on tobacco control; State tax proposition funds formed
coalition |
Suburb
of one of the largest metro areas in the country. Pop. 131,591 |
YA
(3): Counter display ban and vending machine ban |
Oakleaf |
Leading:
HD Leads community youth anti-smoking coalition |
No
local HD's in state, except for city of Oakleaf |
ASSIST
- Used to organize coalition |
Largest
city in metro area of 250,000. Pop. 64,358 |
CIA
(4): Strong: smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in
bars; allows sepatately ventilated smoking rooms; however, state laws later
disallows smoking rooms |
Riverbend |
Leading:
HD Director leads "PATCH" community health coalition; coalition
leads effort |
County
HD - Main Office in Riverbend |
CDC PATCH grant;
State Tobacco grant; IMPACT grant |
Largest
city in rural county; "Micro-city". Pop. 39,681 |
YA
(1): youth possession; mimics state law otherwise |
Ruthburg |
Weak
Support: "Part of the loop" and provided
information; assigned a person who attended meetings; were "not
intimately involved" |
Undetermined |
ASSIST |
Micro-city.
Pop. 71,852 |
YA
(3): Counter display ban; vending machine restriction |
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