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Materials
Prescription
for Change has a number of resources that can help you learn
more about tobacco free pharmacies. You can download our fact
sheets, newsletters and/or registration forms easily: start
by double clicking on the name of the form you want to open
(this will copy the file to your computer), open the document
with Adobe Acrobat Reader and print. (To download Acrobat
Reader, simply click on the Adobe icon on this page and follow
all instructions.)
In PDF
format—requires Acrobat
Reader.
Pharmacy
Registration Form (PDF)
Prescription
Pad Sticker Order Form (PDF)
Tobacco
Free Pharmacies List
Certificate
of Commendation Request Form (PDF)
Newsletters
(Download and Print)
Changing
Times Newsletter (PDF)
Prescription
for Change Newsletter for Campaign Members (PDF)
Fact
Sheets (Download and Print)
1)
Candy and Cancer (PDF)
2)
You Are Being Manipulated…Everyday
(PDF)
3)
Tobacco Facts (PDF)
4)
How Do Californian’s
Really Feel About Tobacco (PDF)
5)
Chain Pharmacies:
Policies and Procedures (PDF)
6)
Curriculum Guide
Fact Sheet (PDF)
7)
Benefits of Quitting
Tobacco/Withdrawal Symptoms Fact Sheet (PDF)
8)
ETS Effects on
Infants and Children (PDF)
9)
CA Pharmacy
Facts (PDF)
10)
Philip Morris Food
and Beverage Brands (PDF)
Public
Awareness Materials
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our Community
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Links
to Partnering Web Sites
The following
web sites are for other organizations that may be of interest:
California
Medical Association
California
Medical Association Foundation
Tobacco
Bulletin Board System (BBS)
California
Pharmacists Association
California’s
Smokers Helpline
US
DHHS Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
US
Surgeon General's Report on Women and Smoking
Centers
for Disease Control
California
Lung Association
American
Heart Association
American
Cancer Society
Surveys
Survey of California
Adult Consumers — 1997 and 2000
Pharmacies
and chain drugstores market themselves as health-oriented
businesses. Their basic mission to maintain and enhance health
is directly contradicted by the promotion and sale of tobacco
products. These data indicate that pharmacies need not sell
tobacco products for economic reasons nor as a convenience
for customers. Consumer opinion opposing the promotion and
sale of tobacco products in drug stores has remained stable
between 1997 and 2000, and the proportion of smokers opposed
to this practice has risen significantly. This survey contains
data pertaining to consumer attitudes regarding pharmacy tobacco
sales and promotions practices and consumer opinions on drugstore
and pharmacy tobacco sales.
California
Adult Consumer Survey Results (PDF)
Survey of Chain
Drugstore Policies and Attitudes About Tobacco Sales and Promotions
— 1997 and 2000
This
survey was first conducted in 1997 to gain an overview of
what the current trends were among chain drugstores. It was
found that of the five major chain drugstores in the state
the Medicine Shoppe chain was the only chain that did not
allow any of its stores to promote or sell tobacco products.
The other four corporate drugstore chains in California including
Rite-Aid (formerly Thrifty-Payless), Sav-On Drugstores, Longs
Drugs, and Walgreens all allowed tobacco promotion and sales
in their stores. In 1997 over 93% of the drugstores interviewed
sold cigarettes in their stores; 84.4% sold cigars; 80.9%
sold pipe or loose tobacco; and 81.7% sold chewing tobacco.
A second
survey to collect follow-up data was conduced in 2000. The
project increased the number of questions that asked pharmacists
about their cessation practices, tobacco knowledge and attitude
toward the sale of tobacco in pharmacies and drugstores in
general. All four chains showed a substantial decrease in
sales of tobacco from open display cases. This shift can probably
be attributed more to an increase in the number of local self-service
display ban ordinances rather than an independent decision
on the part of these chains to remove these racks. For more
detail on chain store sales practices as well as corporate
and store policies regarding tobacco promotions and advertisements
download the survey.
Chain
Drugstore Policies and Attitudes Survey Results (PDF)
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