AMC Recognized for Efforts to go Smoke-Free

    SARANAC LAKE -  The Adirondack Medical Center Smoke Free Committee was recognized recently by the Adirondack Tobacco Free Network for its efforts to go tobacco free.  The "Community Champion Award" was presented to Committee Chair Dan Hill, AMC Wellness Director, for the medical center's efforts to create tobacco-free communities.
    AMC, along with several medical centers throughout the North Country, have embarked on a collaborative effort to go completely smoke free on all hospital grounds. Protecting and promoting the health of patients, employees and the community was the main motivation for adopting this measure. AMC, which includes the main campus in Saranac Lake and facilities in Lake Placid, Tupper Lake, Keene and Wilmington, will be going smoke free on Nov. 15.
    Since announcing this initiative in November 2006, AMC has been implementing plans to allow patients, employees and the community time to prepare.
    Participating hospitals will remove smoking areas from their grounds and add resources to help employees and patients quit smoking.  Each hospital will take its own approach to educate visitors and patients about their new rules in order to promote compliance. 
Along with Adirondack Medical Center, other hospitals joining in on this wellness initiative include Carthage Area Hospital, Claxton-Hepburn Hospital in Ogdensburg, CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, E.J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur, Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville and Massena Memorial Hospital.
    For questions about going tobacco free or for information about upcoming programs to help people quit using tobacco products, call Adirondack Medical Center at 897-2274.

CAPTION:
With Dan Hill, center, is the Smoke Free Committee comprised of AMC employees Aimee Savarie, Jill Brown, Steven Geddes, Bethany Cliche and Linda Savarie.

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