Initiative Resources

• 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.)
   

• Playing Tobacco Free: A Guide for Tobacco Control Advocates - A step by step approach to tobacco-free park policies.
   

• 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. 
   

• 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.
   

• Policy Advocacy Trainings - TFYR will train youth groups on park policy advocacy. Contact us to schedule a training session.

Policy Implementation Resources

•  Tobacco-Free Model Policies –
   Youth recreational organizations
   City recreation departments. 
   Example policies from across the state and the nation.
   

• Tobacco-Free Parks PSA
   

• Playing Tobacco Free - Fact Sheet – This fact sheet provides information on why communities should have tobacco-free policies for outdoor recreational facilities. 
   

• Policy FAQ Sheet - Get your questions answered about the legality of tobacco-free policies and how Minnesota cities are enforcing their policies.
   

• 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.  
   

•  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.
   

• 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.  
    

• 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.