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Local Comprehensive Clean Indoor Air Ordinance in Georgia

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Resources Required

Describe the individuals and groups whose paid or unpaid participation was essential.

Business Community/Organizations—Individual Restaurants
Coalition Members
Community Leaders
Medical and Health Professionals
Policymakers—City Council Person
Public Health Professionals—Local Health Dept.
Voluntary Health Organizations — American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association

Personnel
Title/ Position Responsibilities/ Skills Required Source Hours/ Duration
Coalition Coordinator Organize and oversee all coalition activities. Project Staff, American Cancer Society Tobacco Control Coordinator Up to fulltime
Coalition Steering Committee Members Helped develop strategy, and conduct coalition activities. Volunteer Part-time. When things got busy, the steering committee would meet weekly to discuss strategy and plan activities.

Additional Staff and Information:

The coalition coordinator was the tobacco control coordinator for the local ACS. Her time was an in-kind contribution. The local public health district also provided significant in-kind contributions of staff time. The coalition included several key volunteers that were not representing any organization (two local physicians and a local lawyer).

Materials/Resources Required

The local hospital provided lunches for meetings. The ACS sent out action alerts. The local public health district developed fact sheets and other materials, and issued press releases.

The coalition relied heavily on technical assistance and support from Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).

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