ABOUT US > Annual Reports > 2003-2004

 

Major Accomplishments

Tobacco Prevention and Control

• Worked with our partners to protect the Tobacco Settlement funding of health programs including tobacco prevention and treatment—no money was taken from the Fund for Healthy Maine for the first time since it was created!

• Documented a remarkable 50% reduction in youth smoking in Maine since 1997!

• Smooth transition to smoke free bars, restaurants and bingo halls. Maine now has some of the strongest and most protective smoking laws in the country!

• With the Center for Tobacco Independence certified 12 tobacco treatment specialists -. Maine is one of two states currently sponsoring this program to provide quality assurance for those wanting to quit smoking!

• Expanded the Not On Tobacco, the premier teen quit smoking program, to all the 31 Healthy Maine Partnerships.

Air Quality

• Organized an international conference to create an indoor air quality research agenda.

• Enhanced our first in the nation Respiratory Health Indicator web tool, produced our second annual report on lung health in Maine!

Asthma and Other Lung Diseases

• Provided training for 76 Asthma Educators through our revised Asthma Educator Institute, 7 of Maine’s asthma educators are now nationally certified!

• Advocated with our collaborators to successfully pass a law that will allow Maine students to carry their asthma inhalers with them in school!

• Continue to actively lobby in Augusta to assure all Maine people will have access to quality, affordable health care, including preventive services and prescription drugs.

• Continue to expand our efforts to promote lung healthy lifestyles for all ages through educational and fundraising activities like our bicycle Trek Across Maine and our Asthma Walks.

Revenue Generation

• Raised $1,200,000.00 from the Trek Across Maine to support our research, education and advocacy efforts!