1. Eliminating secondhand smoke where we live, work, and play Community Strategies:

2. Buncombe County Initiatives with HB 2 authority For government controlled property: Board of Health: resolution County Commissioners: ordinance Other Municipalities: still in process Asheville City Council: November meeting Next  work on other public places

3. Strategies Air Quality Monitoring Study Advocacy with public officials

4. Air Quality 15x worse than Smokefree Air Quality 5x worse than Smokefree 24-hour PM 2.5 standard (35μ/m 3 ) Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) Study

5. Local Advocacy with public officials Board of Health support WNC caucus in Raleigh presentation City Parks and Recreation Board meeting City Council support

6. Local Advocacy with public officials Policy maker luncheon Factoid campaign clipclip “Real Voices” campaignclipclip Coalition member contact with legislators

7. Why is local advocacy important? Lessons Learned Increase awareness Influence local opinion Cumulative impact: collaboration with other coalitions in NC  policies and laws can change Examples:  100% tobacco-free schools  127 - 100% tobacco-free hospitals  HB2

8. Questions Karen Caldwell, MS Project ASSIST Tobacco Prevention Coalition Buncombe County Health Center, Asheville, NC 828-250-5048 Karen.Caldwell@buncombcounty.org

11. Real voices in the community