Clean air works: the Boston experience

NACCHO supports local public health agencies across the country in their efforts to implement smoke-free workplace ordinances in their communities. As the national voice of local public health, NACCHO also strives to strengthen and improve the health of our nation's communities through the tobacco prevention and control project. NACCHO provides a variety of tobacco-related tools and resources through its Web site (www.naccho.org), including the Tobacco Prevention and Control Learner's Guide; Smoke-free Policy Guidelines, a series of fact sheets co-authored by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Association of Local Board of Health (NALBOH); the Model Practices Database; Program and Funding Guidelines for Comprehensive Local Tobacco Control Programs, a document outlining the 7 components of a good tobacco control program; resources on social justice; NACCHO's Foundation Funding Guide, an online resource for local public health associations looking for grants from foundations; and links to other organizations. NACCHO also works to influence the development of integrated tobacco-related policy initiatives and their enforcement at the national and local level.Featured in this issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice is an example of a success story of one of NACCHO's members in the area of smoke-free ordinances.