Calendar

General

September 13, 2011 — 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Chronic Disease Summit 2011, Part II: Community Planning and Action Click here for more information.

September 14, 2011 – 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Ethics for Prevention Certificate Click here for more information

October 2, 2011 — 10:00 am – 3:00 pm PG13 Zone for Children & Youth Day Early registration deadline is August 31, 2011. You can sign-up online by clicking this link: http://www.hawaiicyd.org/2011/testing/getInvolved.asp

October 7-8, 2011 — 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Cross-Cultural Health Care Conference: Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Interventions Click to here register

October 26, 2011 — 10:00 am – 2 pm Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii Annual Meeting, Japanese Cultural Center Click here to register

Tobacco-Free Kaua‘i
Meeting Dates:

Default meeting location: Department of Health conference room, 2-4pm

October 18 (Tuesday)
Annual Meeting: Tentative December 6 (Tuesday) location and time: TBA

West Hawaii

September 2-3, 2011 — 14th Annual West Hawaii Cancer Symposium at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. More information available mid-July.

Ways to Help

Give Aloha Program
During September, Maika`i customers are invited to make a donation of up to $249 (per person, per organization) at checkout to their favorite non-profit organization registered in Give Aloha. Foodland matches a portion of each donation.

Donor Benefits
The Coalition offers membership levels: Basic Premier Sponsor Investor Champion To learn more about the benefits offered at each level click on the image of the flyer in this section. Donations of $100 or more qualify for fun and useful Coalition gifts.

Donate Now
You can help continue the fight to create a tobacco-free Hawaii and protect our children and elders from the harm caused by tobacco. It is safe and easy to make a donation on-line today.

Initiatives

Homes
The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, the Hawaii State Department of Health, and other community partners, are working together to create healthier and safer communities by reducing secondhand smoke exposure in condominiums, apartments, and town-homes in Hawaii.

Business
With the support of the HMSA Foundation, the Coalition has worked with the business community to develop a toolkit to assist businesses in creating a tobacco-free workforce.

Communities
The Social Norms Toolkit was created as a means to positively affect socially accepted behavior around the issues of smoking and second-hand smoke. The key premise of this toolkit is to assist with creating social environments that support, promote and reinforce healthy behavior choices. This goal goes far beyond just tobacco control efforts, and can be applied to almost any public health focus.