Policy Implementation Resources

Tobacco-Free Policy Resources

• Outdoor Park and Recreation Areas
  • Model Policy
  • Sample Policies:
    • Albert Lea
    • Bloomington
    • Dakota County
    • Hastings
    • Pelican Rapids
  • More information on tobacco-free park and recreation policies
• Fairgrounds
  • Model Policies (tobacco-free grounds and tobacco-free sponsorship)
  • Sample Policies
  • More information on tobacco-free fairground policies
• Rodeos
  • Model Policies (tobacco-free grounds and tobacco-free sponsorship)
  • Sample Policies
  • More information on tobacco-free rodeo policies
• Youth Recreation Organization
  • Model Policy
  • Sample Policies
• Outdoor Events
  • Model Policy
  • Sample Policies

Fact Sheets

• Playing Tobacco Free - Fact Sheet – This fact sheet provides information on why communities should have tobacco-free policies for outdoor recreational facilities.
• Recreational Leaders Guide for Promoting the Tobacco-Free Message – This handout is a great resource for coaches and other recreational leaders who are interested in promoting the tobacco-free message by providing tips on how they can be positive role models.

Policy Guides

• Playing Tobacco-Free: A Youth Guide for Policy Advocacy – A step-by-step approach to tobacco-free park policies for youth advocates. TFYR will use this guide to train youth groups on park policy advocacy. Contact us to schedule a training session.
• Playing Tobacco-Free: A Guide for Tobacco Control Advocates – A step by step approach to tobacco-free park policies.
• Creating Healthy Communities: Using Recreation as a Tool for Tobacco Prevention – This guide is intended to help local health professionals and other community leaders implement their own Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation Initiative. (Caution! Large file.)
• A Policy Maker’s Guide to Tobacco-Free Policies for Parks, Playgrounds and Athletic Facilities – This guide is intended to provide local policy maker’s information on how this type of policy can benefit their community. 
  • PowerPoint Presentation for Policy Makers – This PowerPoint presentation can be used to help educate local policy makers about the benefits of adopting a tobacco-free policy for your community’s outdoor recreational facilities. 

Implementation Materials

• Policy FAQ Sheet – Get your questions answered about the legality of tobacco-free policies and how Minnesota cities are enforcing their policies.
• Metal Tobacco-Free Signs – To help with policy implementation, TFYR offers FREE permanent 12” x 18” metal signs to Minnesota communities that adopt comprehensive tobacco-free policies for their outdoor recreational facilities. TFYR requires a copy of the policy prior to providing signs.
• Policy Publicity Packet – Has your community recently adopted a tobacco-free policy for its park and recreational facilities?  Use TFYR's Policy Publicity Packet packet to for ideas on how to communicate the new policy to community members.  A well-publicized policy informs park and recreational facility users why the policy was enacted and helps reduce policy violations.

Media

• Tobacco-Free Parks TV Commercial

Tobacco Prevention Resources

• Tobacco Prevention Posters – Tobacco-Free Sports posters are now available through the Minnesota Prevention Resource Center.  The posters are free to Minnesota residents!  You just pay the shipping cost. (Minnesota orders only, please.)
• Tobacco-Free Pledges  – TFYR has developed pledges for individual players and teams.  These pledges can serve as a great resource for coaches and other leaders as they talk to their young athletes about the harmful effects of tobacco.
• Tabletop Display Artwork – Borrow our artwork for your local event.

Bowling Center Resources

Thanks to the Minnesota Freedom to Breathe Act, all bowling centers in Minnesota are now smoke free!

• Sparing Our Lungs: A Guide for Bowling Center Managers – A resource for bowling center owners and managers on the benefits of creating a smoke smoke-free bowling center.
• Striking out Unhealthy Air: A guide for tobacco control advocates on creating smoke-free bowling centers in your community.
• Smoke-Free Bowling Model Policy – Use this model policy to create your own written smoke-free policy to help explain and enforce your smoke-free environment.
• Smoke-Free Bowling Advertisement – You can customize and print this ad to hang in your bowling center, or to publish in a local newspaper or community newsletter. Customizable Ad (Microsoft Word Document) General Ad (PDF)
• Table Tents – Print and fold these table tents to place around your bowling center to remind customers of your smoke-free policy.
• Smoke-Free Window/Door Cling – TFYR can provide these clings, free of charge, to bowling centers that have gone smoke free. Contact TFYR for details.