Gila County Health Department

Vision Statement: For Gila County youth to be tobacco free while protecting non-smokers (including children and adults) from environmental tobacco smoke. Create healthy lifestyles, including chronic disease prevention, and providing persons living in Gila County who wish to quit using tobacco access to state-of-the-art cessions services.

In collaboration with the Arizona Department of Health Services/Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease Program the GILA COUNTY TOBACCO FREE ENVIRONMENTS PROGRAM PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING:

Community, Schools & Youth Services:

Participate in Community events/activities

· Provide School Based tobacco prevention/education to include nutrition and physical activity

· Recruit students 9^th to 12^th grade to join Program’s “Youth Coalition”

· Promote interactive website for youth www.venomocity.com

· Provide Arizona Youth Tobacco Hotline 1-866-342-7855 to report the sales of tobacco

products to minors

Worksites:

· Educate and assist businesses to comply with Smoke Free Arizona Act

· Provide website to report a violation or file a complaint www.smokefreearizona.org

or call 1-877-429-6676

Cessation Referrals:

· Promote the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline www.ashline.org

· Pro-Active referrals to the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline

Contact Information:

Christine Rocha, Program Manager              crocha@co.gila.az.us
Lexie Nosie, Community Health Educator     lnosie@co.gila.az.us
John Yanez, Community Health Educator      jvyanez@gmail.com

Mailing Address:

Gila County Division of Health and Emergency Services

Tobacco Free Environments Program
5515 S. Apache Ave.
Suite 100
Globe, AZ 85501

Physical Address:

5515 S. Apache Ave.
Suite 100
Globe, Arizona 85501

Telephone: (928) 402-8789
Toll Free: (In AZ only) 1-800-304-4452 ext. 8789
Cellular: (928) 701-1061
Fax: (928) 425-0794

Upcoming Events

Links

http://www.cdc.gov/

Documents

Family Planning Eligibility Form

Immunizations