Tobacco Use Prevention and Control
Coalition name and link to website:
Smoke-Free Knoxville – www.smokefreeknoxville.com
Contact phone and email:
Carrie Thomas, MPH
Tobacco Prevention and Reduction Coordinator
Community Development and Planning
Knox County Health Department
140 Dameron Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
865-215-5174
carrie.thomas@knoxcounty.org
Standing meetings for Coalitions:
Smoke-Free Knoxville meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 9:00 a.m. in the Community Room at the Knox County Health Department.
Brief overview of program referencing HP 2010 Goals for the Nation when appropriate:
The tobacco use prevention and control program provides information, education, and programming for prevention, tobacco use cessation and secondhand smoke awareness.
The program works to address the 4 goal areas for tobacco control programs:
• Prevent initiation of tobacco use among young people
• Promote quitting among youth and adults
• Eliminate secondhand smoke exposure
• Eliminate disparities
Relevant Healthy People 2010 Objectives:
27-1. Reduce tobacco use by adults
27-2. Reduce tobacco use by adolescents
27-3. Reduce initiation of tobacco use among children and adolescents
27-5. Increase smoking cessation attempts by adult smokers
27-10. Reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke
Other information:
Our program partners with Smoke-Free Knoxville and area hospitals to provide smoking cessation resources including the Tennessee Tobacco Quitline (1-800-QUIT-NOW) and local Freedom From Smoking classes.
Please visit www.smokefreeknoxville.com for more information.
