People
and places to contact for enforcement, referrals, information,
etc.
For enforcement of state laws, especially age-of-sale
and smoking in workplaces and public places laws, referrals
to other appropriate agencies, information on tobacco, etc.:
New
Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
www.state.nj.us/health
For local enforcement of health and tobacco-control laws,
information on local tobacco-control activities and local
smokefree facilities, contact your local health department.
To find contact information for your local health department
on the state's website, click
here
For counseling, strategizing, information, referrals,
and friendly encouragement, our staff, including an
attorney available to talk to you at no charge, has helped
thousands of individuals and organizations solve tobacco
problems since 1974. Call us and we'll do our best to help
you.
We officially
work 9 to 5, Eastern time (we often start earlier and end
later), and the answering machine's always on. We're at
908 273-9368.
For contact information for the New Jersey Communities
Against Tobacco (CAT) coalition in your county, go to
the New Jersey Prevention Network website (www.njpn.org).
To find information on how to connect with the New Jersey
Rebel teen activists in your county, go to www.njrebel.com.
For treatment assistance: To reach the New Jersey
Quitline and get personal counseling, call 1 866-657-8677
(or 1 866 NJ stops). To find a clinic near you, look on
www.nj.quitnet.com. For a Nicotine Anonymous meeting
near you, look on www.nicotine-anonymous.org.
Information and training for treatment professionals is
available from the Tobacco Dependence Program at 732 235-8212
or www.tobaccoprogram.org.
To find your New Jersey legislators or information
on proposed legislation, go to www.njleg.state.nj.us.
To find your federal legislators go to thomas.loc.gov.
