Northwest Iowa Tobacco Free Coalition (NWITFC) Tobacco Use Prevention

Check out this website for healthier living! Quit tobacco products, increase you healthy habits, eat and sleep well - all these things will make you enjoy life at a higher level! It isn’t easy to change our habits and if we do, we should never have to do it alone! Join the ACS Health Challenge today or call 712-737-4971 today we can help!

Here is a great website to help you as you prepare to quit your dependency on tobacco. You can also call Quitline Iowa for your free two week supply of nicotine replacement gum or patches! Visit www.QuitlineIowa.org or call 1-800-784-8669

We were privilaged to have with us the CEO of TCreative Inc., Tim Holcolm from Orlando, Florida on our team this year. He added lots of entertainment and expertise to the team along with being our personal “media” photographer! Please visit a link to his website that contains a day by day account of his interpretation of the ride as well as lots of great pictures!

Yes, a lot of good things happen on RAGBRAI! In a joint effort of the NWITFC and the ACS, 28 individuals throughout the state of Iowa had a blast on RAGBRAI. Our team, “Team Kick Butts”, while on the ride received many compliments in regards to promoting smoke free air and tobacco use prevention. We personally met hundreds of people while riding and were able to chat with them and provide them with information regarding our coalition, Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids, Quitline Iowa, JEL and ACS information as well as congratulate them on being tobacco free or encourage them to be tobacco free. I can’t think of a better statewide street marketing event in Iowa that touches base with so many communities and individuals from all generations in one week than RAGBRAI. We also met many from other states who now are aware of our efforts here in Iowa.

Quitline Iowa is now offering two weeks of free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products! Just by calling 1-800-784-8669, you can receive either patches or gum to help you on your way to kicking the habit! You don’t need to sign up for any additional consultations, there are no unforseen costs or obligations so call today!Quitline Iowa does offer a mentor for you, should you request, they will provide comfort, counseling and education for you.

Order your free NRT’s today! Please call Quitline Iowa during regular business hours or order over the web anytime!

This link provides fact sheets for a wide variety of business and city goverment, restuarants bars, sign requirements and so on. You can also download a variety of signs that meet the requirements.

Link to the IDPH’s draft of the rules which further explain the Smokefree Air Act. These rules apply to public places, places of employment and certain outdoor areas of the state. Check back often for updates as there is a link for you and others to ask further questions that have not been addressed in this draft.

We now have a link for you to ask the NWITFC questions and a place for us to give you information about the events and activities we are involved in. Feel feel to express yourself in a respectable manner and let us know how you feel about various topics that relate to tobacco products, cessation and policies. The Face Book account is called Nwi Tfc. Use your existing account to request membership or sign up on www.facebook.com to become a member.