HHPQ helps hospitals with tobacco free policy and signage

Posted on: 8/14/20

Coal County General Hospital’s Chris Tipton, RN (left) with CEO Trent Bourland (right) in front of their newly installed signage.

OHA’s Hospitals Helping Patients Quit (HHPQ), a grant program of TSET, helps member hospitals with tobacco treatment systems change, which includes support for tobacco free environments. The HHPQ team has helped over 70 hospitals throughout the state implement the best practices for tobacco free environments. This includes help with developing tobacco free policy language, communication and strategies for compliance.

For hospital partners who adopt tobacco free policies that meet all of the necessary TSET standards, the HHPQ team is happy to provide branded, tobacco free signage to your hospital at no cost. Recently, the HHPQ team worked with Coal County General Hospital, Duncan Regional Hospital, and Arbuckle Memorial Hospital to provide customized tobacco free signs with each hospital’s logo on it. “Well placed tobacco free signage is an essential step in creating compliance with your tobacco free policy” said Meagan Carter, Health Improvement Specialist at the OHA. If you are interested in assistance with your tobacco free environment policy, or would like to implement comprehensive support to help patients and employees quit tobacco, please reach out to your HHPQ specialist or email [email protected].