About Us
Current Partner Members
American Cancer Society
Hamilton County Office
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating tobacco as a major health threat. Local programs include:
Fresh Start - Provides free training for volunteer facilitators to conduct smoking cessation programs in worksites, places of worship, libraries or in any community group.
STAMP (Stay Tobacco-free Athlete Mentor Program) - Uses high school mentors to teach younger students about tobacco prevention. Trained high school students present four curriculum-based classroom sessions to students in upper elementary and middle schools. Students learn about the harmful effects of tobacco use and secondhand smoke and develop stress management and resiliency skills to reject tobacco use.
Great American Smoke Out - An annual awareness day when the American Cancer Society encourages people to quit using tobacco products and to explore strategies for cessation. This event, the third Thursday of November, creates an opportunity to provide worksites, schools and communities with information focusing on the dangers of tobacco and secondhand smoke.
SmokeFreeOhio - The American Cancer Society knows tobacco causes a third of all cancer deaths and secondhand smoke is a leading cause of preventable death. Clean indoor air is an important step in saving lives. Clean indoor air protects your family, friends, and neighbors. Help us take on the fight against cancer in your community! For more information, go to www.smokefreeohio.org or www.turningtablesohio.com.
For more information, please call Marianne Beard at (513) 891-1600 or e-mail at marianne.beard@cancer.org
Organization Link: http://www.cancer.org
Copyright 2008, Hamilton County Tobacco-Free Partnership
Funded by Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation
and The Hamilton County General Health District