Going Smoke-Free

Smoke-Free Illinois Act

Tobacco-Free Campuses

Tobacco-Free Parks

How can Partners help my business enforce the Smoke-Free Illinois Act?
Toolkits and technical assistance are available on how to implement the Smoke-Free Illinois Act or one of the many local smoke-free ordinances that are stricter than the State Law. For more information, visit www.lakecountyil.gov/health/tobaccofree or contact 847-377-8090 or TFLC@lakecountyil.gov.

How can Partners help my organization’s campus go tobacco-free?
Many member organizations of our coalition have smoke-free campuses, such as:

• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

• Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center

• Lake Forest Hospital

• Midwestern Regional Medical Center

• Rosalind Franklin Medical University

Representatives from these organizations can guide your organization or business through the process of implementing a tobacco-free policy, and help employers provide a smooth transition.

Health issues are reason enough for tobacco-free policies, but there are good business reasons as well. Tobacco-free work campuses can:

• Reduce costs for cleaning and maintaining facilities and equipment

• Decrease absenteeism

• Lower health insurance costs and claims

• Improve employee morale

Employers interested in pursuing a smoke-free policy can connect with these great resources by joining Partners for Tobacco Free Lake County. To join, or for more information on helping your organization go tobacco-free, contact 847-377-8090 or TFLC@lakecountyil.gov.

How can Partners help me make parks in my community tobacco-free?
Lake County, Illinois, is the leader in outdoor smoke-free policies. Ten communities already have smoke-free public parks including:

• Buffalo Grove (Park District property)

• Deerfield

• Hawthorn Woods

• Highland Park

• Lake Bluff

• Lake Forest

• Libertyville

• Lindenhurst

• Vernon Hills (Park District playgrounds, athletic fields and skate parks)

• Zion

If you’d like to see your community added to the list above, visit www.lakecountyil.gov/health/tobaccofree  for a Tobacco-Free Parks toolkit or contact 847-377-8090 or TFLC@lakecountyil.gov.

Tobacco-free parks are:

• Good for health. Secondhand smoke is the same indoors and out.

• Good for our planet. The cigarette butts are plastic and contain cancer-causing chemicals that leak into the soil and poison our wildlife.

• Help keep our youth from ever starting to smoke. When youth don’t see tobacco use in their parks, they are less likely to start using it themselves.