Hospitals and Health Systems

You will find information here to help work with local hospitals and/or health systems to ensure their campuses are completely tobacco-free, that protocols are in place to require providers to follow cessation guidelines, and that systems are established to refer patients to the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line.

• A Map of Oregon Hospitals with Smoke-free Policies - smokefree status of Oregon hospital campuses.
  
  
• Oregon Health & Sciences University: Tobacco-Free Initiative– OHSU became a tobacco-free University and Health System in 2007. Learn from their success and policy changes to discover ways to assist health systems in your community in developing a tobacco-free initiative.
  
  
• University of Arkansas Smoke-Free Hospitals Toolkit– Created by the University of Arkansas, a guide for implementing smoke-free hospital policies. Tobacco Free Nurses is the first national program created with the objectives of helping nurses quit, providing resources to nurses who want to help their patients quit and to promote tobacco control in the agenda of nursing organizations.