Supplement - Community Partnerships for Tobacco Use Prevention: Executive Order Evaluation

Community Partnerships for Tobacco Use Prevention: Executive Order Evaluation State government is the largest single employer in Kentucky. Implementing a tobacco]free policy in 2,888 state]owned buildings potentially impacts 33,000 state workers, as well as numerous visitors to these state offices and properties.1 Given that Kentucky is only the fifth state to institute a comprehensive tobacco]free policy for all governmental buildings,1 evaluation of policy outcomes is limited. As Governor Beshearfs kyhealthnow initiative aims to reduce smoking rates,1 there is a need to conduct baseline and post]policy evaluation to determine the impact of the tobacco]free policy over time. Keywords: smoking, policy, government