Physical Activity 100% Tobacco Free Schools

Policy Training

Ohio Department of HealthOffice of Healthy Ohio

Communities Putting Prevention to Work Grant

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Improving and increasing physical activity before, during, and after the school day.

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Physical Activity and SchoolsGrant Goal

Increase in tobacco-free school policies for:

• K-12 public school districts

• Two- and four-year colleges and universities

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Tobacco-free SchoolsGrant Goal

Why does it matter?

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Percentage of High School Students Who Were Physically Active at Least 60 Minutes Per Day on Less Than 5 Days,* by Type

of Grades Earned (Mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D’s/F’s), 2009**

*Any kind of physical activity that increased their heart rate and made them breathe hard some of the time on less than 5 days during the 7 days before the survey.**p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level.

United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 20096

Percentage of High School Students Who Did Not Play on at Least One Sports Team,*

by Type of Grades Earned (Mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D’s/F’s), 2009**

*Run by their school or community groups during the 12 months before the survey.**p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level.

United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 20097

Percentage of High School Students Who Watched Television 3 or More Hours

Per Day,* by Type of Grades Earned (Mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D’s/F’s), 2009**

*On an average school day.**p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level.

United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 20098

Percentage of High School Students Who Ever Smoked Cigarettes,*

by Type of Grades Earned (Mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D’s/F’s), 2009**

*Ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs.**p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level.

United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 20099

Percentage of High School Students Who Smoked a Whole Cigarette for the First Time

Before Age 13 Years, by Type of Grades Earned (Mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D’s/F’s), 2009*

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level.

United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 200910

• In Ohio, 30.1% of high school students reported being current tobacco users (Ohio YTS,

2008)

• In the U.S., 27% of young adults (18-24) are current smokers, this is the highest smoking rate among all age groups (BRFSS, 2006)

• Almost 40% of college-aged smokers either began smoking (11%) or become a regular smoker (28%) after starting college(Wechsler, et. al., 1998)

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Students Using Tobacco

• Current annual funding for tobacco prevention programs in Ohio- $7.4 million (thru June 30, 2011)

• CDC annual recommendation - $145 Million• Ohio’s current ranking in tobacco prevention

funding – 45th

• Tobacco related healthcare costs - $4.37 billion

• Tobacco industry marketing in Ohio – $724 million (American Lung Association – 2009 Statistics)

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Actual Tobacco Costs in Ohio

• In Ohio, 36.2 percent of adult residents are overweight and 26.5 percent are obese. (Healthy Ohio Community Profiles 2008)

• Physical inactivity is an important risk factor for overweight and obesity (Bull FC, Armstrong TP, Dixon T, et al, 2004)

• In Ohio, 24.3 percent of adult residents are physically inactive. (Healthy Ohio Community Profiles 2008)

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Obesity Healthcare Statistics

According to two large surveys (2006 & 2008) performed by the National Health and Wellness:

• $30.3 billion was directly linked to obesity-related medical costs

• $12.8 billion in lost productivity is due to obesity-related absenteeism

• $30 billion due to obesity-related presenteeism - less production at work because of obesity-related poor health (Finkelstein, Eric A.; DiBonaventura, Marco daCosta; Burgess, Somali M.; Hale, Brent C. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f274d)2)

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Loss of Productivity Due to Obesity

Physical ActivityStatutory

Alignment/Policy

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Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004

Directs School Districts to set goals for physical activity, nutrition education, campus food provision, and other school-based activities

Requires School Districts to engage in wide range of individuals in policy development and to have a plan for measuring policy implementation

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Current Physical Activity Bill Enacted

HB 119 – 2007PE Standards Adopted by State BOEPE Coordinator at ODEPE Survey

Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Act 2010Compliance with Federal Wellness StatutePE and Wellness Policy to State Report Card

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GROUP ACTIVITYAssessment of the PA Policy

• PA Goals?• Plan for Implementation?• Stakeholder Inclusion?

Assess/Evaluate Current Physical Activity Policy

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PA Model Policy RationaleThe Board of Education is responsible for: • Protecting & promoting the health and well-being of students/staff• Recognizing that physical activity affects the health and well-being

of the District’s students and has a direct relation to student achievement and a student’s ability to learn

• Ensuring this responsibility is shared between schools, families and communities

A physical activity policy reflects a commitment:• In the school environment & scheduling• To promote, support and model active lifestyles behaviors

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PA Model Policy DefinitionsPhysical Education:• Offer opportunities to provide PA to all

children.• Teach them the skills and knowledge needed

to establish and sustain an active lifestyle.Physical Activity:• Bodily movement of any type

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PE/PA Intersection

Opportunities to accumulate PA during the school day include time spent in PE class, however, not all students are in PE everyday.

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PA Model Policy

• Sequential, Comprehensive, Standards-based PE curriculum and instruction provided K-12

• PA opportunities shall be integrated, when possible, across the curricula and throughout the school day.

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PA Model Policy

All schools under the control of the district will:• Discourage student inactivity without some form of

physical activity.

• Provide daily physical activity opportunities such as recess.

• Before/after-school programs will provide appropriate physical activity.

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PA Model Policy

Schools will:• Offer a wide range of physical activities outside the

regular school day that meet the needs, interests and abilities of all students.

• Prohibit use of physical education or physical activity (including recess) as a form of discipline and/or punishment.

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PA Model PolicySchools shall:

• Encourage families to provide physical activity outside the regular school day.

• Provide information to families to help them in their efforts to incorporate physical activity into their children’s daily lives.

• Consider shared-use agreements that promote physical activity opportunities using public facilities beyond the school day and school year.

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PA Model Policy Implementation and Measurement

• The Board designates the Superintendent as the individual charged with the responsibility of:– Measuring and evaluating progress.– Developing administrative guidelines for

implementation.– Reporting on the District’s compliance when the

Board requests.– Reviewing policy regularly by a committee appointed by the Board.

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NASPE Recommendations

The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) recommends that schools provide 150 minutes of instructional physical education for elementary school children, and 225 minutes for middle and high school students per week for the entire school year.

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National Guidelines for PA

According to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) children should: – Accumulate at least 60 minutes, and up to several

hours, of age-appropriate physical activity on all, or most days of the week.

– This activity should include moderate and vigorous physical activity with the majority of the time being spent in activity that is intermittent in nature.

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Tobacco Free SchoolsK-12

Statutory Alignment/Policy

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Ohio Laws Concerning Tobacco Products and Youth

ORC § 3313.75.1: Smoking or possession and use of tobacco by school students prohibited.

• No public school student shall smoke, use, or possess tobacco in any area under the control of a school district or at any school function.

• The Board of Education of each district is responsible for enforcing this section and establishing penalties.

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Specifications of Code 3313.751 (A) As used in this section:

(1) “School district” means a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district.(2) “Smoke” means to burn any substance containing tobacco, including a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe, or to burn a clove cigarette.(3) “Use tobacco” means to chew or maintain any substance containing tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, in the mouth to derive the effects of tobacco.(B) No pupil shall smoke or use tobacco or possess any substance containing tobacco in any area under the control of a school district or an educational service center or at any activity supervised by any school operated by a school district or an educational service center.(C) The board of education of each school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall adopt a policy providing for the enforcement of division (B) of this section and establishing disciplinary measures for a violation of division (B) of this section.

Effective Date: 09-29-1995

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Group ActivityAssessment of the TFS Policy

Smoke-free or Tobacco-free?Students? Staff? Visitors?On school grounds and at school events?Enforcement component?

Assess/Evaluate Current Tobacco Policy

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TFS Model Policy Rationale

• The Board of Education has a responsibility to:– Protect & promote the health and well-being of

students/staff– Be aware of the serious health risks associated

with the use of tobacco products– Recognize that district personnel and school

visitors serve as role models to students

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DEFINITION of Tobacco in TFS Model Policy

For the purpose of this policy, “tobacco” is defined to include any lighted or unlighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, bidi, clove cigarette, and any other smoking product, and both spit and spit-less tobacco, also known as smokeless, dip, chew, snus and snuff, in any form.

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TOBACCO USE PROHIBITEDin TFS Model Policy

• No student, staff member, volunteer, or school visitor is permitted to use tobacco products in buildings, facilities, or vehicles owned, leased, rented or chartered by the (school district); or on school grounds, athletic grounds or parking lots or any school-sponsored event off campus.

• Additionally, no student is permitted to possess tobacco products or paraphernalia at anytime.

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TOBACCO PROMOTION PROHIBITEDin TFS Model Policy

• Tobacco advertising is prohibited on school grounds, in all school-sponsored publications and at all school-sponsored events.

• Tobacco promotional items that promote the use of tobacco products are not permitted on school grounds, in school vehicles or at school-sponsored events.

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TFS Model Policy Notification• Appropriate signs will be posted throughout the

district in appropriate locations indicating that tobacco use is not permitted.

• Students will be provided notice of this policy.• District vehicles will display the international

“No Smoking” insignia. • Announcements will be made during all school

functions where deemed appropriate. • School programs will include a written

reminder of the no smoking policy.

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TFS Model Policy ENFORCEMENT

Disciplinary measures taken against students and staff for violations of this policy comply with the requirements of Ohio law and related District policies.

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Tobacco FreeColleges/Universities

Statutory Alignment/Policy

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Statutory Alignment

Smoke-free Workplace Ordinance• Chapter 3794 of the Ohio Revised Code

prohibits the smoking and burning of tobacco in enclosed areas of public places and enclosed areas of places of employment.

• College/University emphasis is on smoke-free dorm rooms.

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Tobacco Model Policy Rationale

The College/University is committed to provide:

• A safe and healthy environment for its employees, students and visitors

• A tobacco-free environment

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Tobacco Promotion Prohibited in Model Policy

No tobacco-related advertising or sponsorship will be permitted on University property, at University-sponsored events or in publications produced by the University.

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Model Policy Enforcement

All University employees, students, visitors and contractors are required to comply with this policy

The Board, or its designee, shall set and approve fair and uniform penalties for violations of these rules.

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Model Policy Administrative Regulations

The University President will develop administrative regulations and procedures as necessary to implement this policy.

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Cost of Tobacco Use

Cost to the college student:• Cost of tobacco products continue to rise• Career placement could be jeopardized• Short term: smells, stains, shortness of breath• Long term: chronic disease implications (i.e., tobacco

effects every system in the body)

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Cost of Tobacco Use

Cost to the College/University:• Fire liability • Increased health care costs• Increased cleaning costs of campus• Poor modeling for future students

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Why a Model Policy?

• It is an official statement of vision and judgment that address the needs of a state, district, or school

• It uses officially determined objectives that guide the actions of students and employees (and visitors)

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Thoughtful Considerations

• Will this policy directly benefit our students?

• Does this policy support student achievement?

• Is this policy aligned with our school mission?

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Healthy Students are Better Learners

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