Missoula City-County Health Department: Health Promotion

(406) 258-4775

Tobacco-Free Missoula County

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Tobacco-Free Missoula County works to address the public health crisis caused by the use of all forms of tobacco products. This goal fits in the Health Promotion Division mission of the Missoula City-County Health Department, which is ". . . to act in partnership to enhance and maintain environments in which people can thrive."

Tobacco use is the second leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.

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• Clean Indoor Air Act
• Project Areas
• Related Information
• Contact information

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Clean Indoor Air Act

The Montana Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA)  requires ALL enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places to be smokefree, including bars and casinos. The Clean Indoor Air Act is a complaint driven process.  Complaints can be filed online at www.tobaccofree.mt.gov or on a paper form.

Clean Indoor Air Act Frequently Asked Questions Montana Clean Indoor Act Legislation Missoula City County Health Department Smoking Shelter Policy

Project Areas

	Smoke Free Apartments	Guide on how to develop smoke-free multiunit dwelling policies Smokefree Apartment House Registry
	Smoke Free  Homes & Cars	Smoke Free Cars - from No-Smoke.org Smoke Free Home Pledge
	Cessation Intervention with Pregnant Women	National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit
	Community Cessation	Montana Quit Line St. Patrick Quit For Life Cessation Program Missoula Resource Guide for Quitting
	Teens and Tobacco	Risky Behavior:  Smoking vs. Nonsmoking Teens New and Emerging Tobacco and Nicotine Products reACT! Against Corporate Tobacco
	Tobacco Use Information	Secondhand Smoke Chew/Spit Tobacco Effects of Tobacco on the Body

 

 

Related Information

reAct Against Corporate Tobacco - Montana's teen-led movement against the tobacco industry.

Benefits of healthy lifestyle choices

Missoula Measures - Tobacco

Montana's Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP) accomplishments:

• Statewide youth smoking prevalence declined from 27% in 2000 to 17% in 2007.
• Legislative law passed prohibiting smoking indoors in all public places, fully effective October 2009.
• About 1/3 of Montana Tobacco Quit Line participants report being tobacco-free 6 month after completing the program. That equates to 4,500 Montanans who have quit using tobacco since 2004.
• MTUPP has local programs in 44 counties, 7 Indian reservations, 4 urban Indian centers and 4 Montana institutes of higher learning.

Survival Guide for Parents of Teens

Contact information

Tobacco Free Missoula County Coordinator:	Erica Rollins
Phone:	406-258-3685
Fax:	406-258-3992
Email:	rollinse@ho.missoula.mt.us

 

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