Moving Toward a Tobacco-Free Future As health care leaders, improving the health of patients and the community is central to the mission of nearly every hospital. Eliminating tobacco use on hospital campuses is a proactive step toward that goal. Appropriately, many hospitals already have achieved this goal while many others are contemplating such an initiative. The NHA, together with Tobacco Free Nebraska and Nebraska Cancer Awareness, Research, Education and Service (CARES), has developed a Tobacco-Free Hospital Campus tool kit as a resource for hospitals that are planning to implement a tobacco-free campus-wide policy.  The tool kit is comprised of resources collected from Nebraska hospitals that have already instituted policies, and from various health-related organizations across the country. In addition to the resource guide, sample policy templates and other helpful tools are available below. For more information contact NHA at (402) 742-8140. The NHA looks forward to helping your hospital succeed in implementing a tobacco-free policy. Download the NHA's Tobacco-Free Hospital Campus Resource Guide (PDF) Resources: Sample tobacco-free policy Tobacco effects on health Talking points Staff role playing exercises Sample staff training checklist  Nicotine replacement palm card Sample inpatient smoking cessation order draft set Visitor care-kit palm card Web sites: Going Smoke Free http://goingsmokefree.org/ Center for Tobacco Research Institute http://www.ctri.wisc.edu/ Sample communication resources: Newsletter article Letter to community and business leaders Letter to physicians Letter from medical staff to patients Letter to adjacent businesses and neighbors Letter in response to policy opponents Additional resources: PDF Tobacco Free Nebraska http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/tfn/  The Nebraska Tobacco Quitline 1-800-QUIT-NOW or 1-800-784-8669 For Nebraska's Tobacco-Free Campus mentor services call NHA at (402) 742-8140.