Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:20:24 -0500

From: Debra Lafler <DLafler@WEATRUST.COM>

Subject: tobacco free policy

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Can anyone provide me with electronic copies of sample tobacco free policies for worksites. We are drafting ours and I'd like some templates to work from, if available.

If any of you have an overall Alcohol and Drug Policy that includes Tobacco, that would be helpful too!

Thanks in advance!

Debra A. Lafler, MA

Corporate Wellness Coordinator

WEA Trust

45 Nob Hill Rd. Madison WI 53713

608-661-6697 x 2581

DLafler@weatrust.com

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#519

Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:37:58 -0400

From: Michael McNeil <mm3117@COLUMBIA.EDU>

Subject: REMINDER--Deadline approaching for SOPHE/HHS Pandemic Influenza Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Scholarship Application

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Scholarships Available for Health Education Workshop on Emergency Risk= Communication and Pandemic Flu

Application Deadline: July 31, 2007=20

Event Date: September 20-21, 2007=20

Event Location: Chicago, IL=20

The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) is partnering with CDC= and DHHS to host a 1 =BD day workshop for health educators on Crisis= and Emergency Risk Communication for Pandemic Influenza, on September= 20-21, 2007 in Chicago, IL. Whether or not you are formally working as= part of an emergency response team, all health educators need to have= some level of training and preparation for pandemic flu or similar publ= ic health emergency. Your knowledge and skills in the behavioral, organ= izational, and communication arenas provide a tremendous advantage in= a crisis and can be brought to bear in three essential areas: 1) preve= nting further illness, injury or death; 2) restoring or maintaining calm= ; and 3) engendering confidence in the operational response.

Up to 100 travel scholarships will be awarded to health educators to par= ticipate in the workshop. Scholarships will cover the cost of travel,= lodging, and registration for the workshop. This workshop will provide= fundamental training in emergency risk communication theories, techniqu= es and outreach that can be applied to pandemic influenza planning and= response. National communication and health education experts will lea= d the training, and provide case examples of the role of health educator= s in emergency preparedness and response. CHES credits also will be pro= vided.

All workshop participants will be enrolled in a new "National Health Edu= cation Surge Capacity Network". Network participants will receive regul= ar updates of public health emergencies, be expected to share alerts wit= h key constituencies, participate in periodic conference calls, and shar= e technical advice in health education as needed. =20

Tanya Maslak

SOPHE

750 First St, NE, #910

Washington, DC 20002=20

Fax: 202/408-9804

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Michael P. McNeil

Alice! Health Promotion Program

Health Services at Columbia

212-854-5453

mm3117@columbia.edu

Chair, ACHA Health Promotion Section

Downstate NY Coordinator, The Bacchus Network=20

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