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Administrator Tools

Building Staff Buy-In for Tobacco-Free Policies

It takes courage, leadership and planning to implement tobacco-free policies in chemical dependence services. This technical assistance tool offers administrators activities, handouts, and worksheets to foster staff buy-in - a critical factor for success.

  • Beliefs about Integrated Tobacco Treatment and Recovery Programs Survey
  • Beliefs about Integrated Tobacco Treatment and Recovery Programs Discussion Exercise
  • Inventory of Thoughts and Actions that Accommodate Tobacco Use and Addiction
  • Inventory of Thoughts and Actions that Promote Tobacco Abstinence and Recovery
  • Decisional Balance Exercise
  • Staff Engagement Planning Worksheet

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Developing Tobacco-Free Policies

Send a clear message: Your agency does not support the use of tobacco in any form, and patients and staff will get the support they need to become tobacco-free. Use these tools to develop a comprehensive and effective tobacco-free policy.

  • NYS OASAS Regulation Part 856 Tobacco-Free Services
  • A Tobacco-Free Policy Checklist
  • Sample Tobacco-Free Policies

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Free Posters

Download 11x17 posters in English and Spanish.

 

The products contained in the Implementation Toolkit were created by the Tobacco Interventions Project of the Professional Development Program, Rockefeller College, University at Albany under a contract with the New York State Department of Health Tobacco Control Program.