Protecting others from second-hand smoke can start in any of the places and spaces where we live work and play - at home, at work, at a restaurant or even in schools. Protecting these places can reduce others' exposure to second-hand smoke, keeping air healthy and clean for all Louisiana residents.

Learn more about creating a tobacco-free policy here. 

Smoke-free means being free of exposure to or the use of any lighted or heated tobacco product, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah, and other lighted or heated combustible plant material.

Tobacco-free means being free from the use of cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, or smoking tobacco. This includes being smoke-free. Tobacco-free goes beyond smoke-free by included all other tobacco products. 

Sometimes the definition of “smoking” can also include vapor products, including any electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electric pipe or similar product or device and any vapor cartridge or other container of nicotine or other substances in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar device.

Additional resources by profession:

Parents

• Click here for "What Parents Need to Know"
• Click here for a Tip Sheet for Parents
• Click here for the "Vape Talk" Conversation Guide, a resource developed by the American Lung Association.

Educators/Coaches

• Click here for "What Educators and Coaches Need to Know".
• Click here to ensure your school’s policy complies with Louisiana law, LA RS 17:240 (A) and (B), and to find resources for effective implementation.
• Click here for CDC's Evidence Brief: Tobacco Industry-Sponsored Youth Prevention Programs in Schools.
• To learn about an alternative to teen nicotine suspension or citation program (INDEPTH) or if you are a Louisiana high school interested in serving as a pilot for the American Lung Associations updated Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Teen Smoking and Vaping Program, email WellAhead@la.gov for details.

• "I would like presentation material that I can use to educate youth on vaping."
  • Click here for Presentation PPT Slidedeck and Talking Points designed by the CDC for Teachers, Health Educators, and Coaches to educate youth on vaping and e-cigarettes. 
• "I would like someone to come to my school or community to give a presentation."
  • To request a training or presentation for your school or organization, please email tobaccofreeliving@lphi.org. 
  • Presentations include information on the health risks of vapes, nicotine dependence, tobacco industry advertising tactics, and youth tobacco data. Many of these presentations are even youth led!  

• The Food and Drug Administration has developed free printed poster/flyer ideas for easy ordering and download. Please click below to access:
  • Chemicals in Vaping: Chromium
  • Chemicals in Vaping: Lead
  • Chemicals in Vaping: Nickel
  • Chemicals in Vaping: Formaldehyde
  • Chemicals in Vape: Nicotine

Healthcare Providers

• Click here for "What Healthcare Providers Need to Know"
• Click here for a Healthcare Provider Conversation Card

Access Fact Sheets:

• Vaping 101
  
  • Click here to learn about the truth about vapes.
• What is JUUL?
  
  • Click here to learn about the truth about JUUL.
• LA Youth Tobacco Use Among Middle School Students
• LA Youth Tobacco Use Among High School Students
• E-cigarettes (and E-cigarette/Vape Product Infographic)
• Hookah
• Cigars
• Smokeless

For more stats and facts, click here.

Cessation Resources can be found here.

• Click here to learn about vaping-related illnesses in Louisiana.
• Click here for the latest outbreak information from the CDC.
  • Click here for the latest CDC outbreak press releases.
• Click here for the Louisiana outbreak press release.

CDC has developed an Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Product Use or Vaping: Information for Clinicians Presentation, key messages, and a poster that can be displayed in clinics.