Somerset Heart Health is involved in many     tobacco related education and support programs. Quitting tobacco will improve the health, finances, self-esteem and everyday life of the tobacco user– immediately and over the long term – in ways you may never have imagined.

Communities make a difference! All indoor public places in Maine are free from secondhand smoke. Residents and visitors enjoy clean, healthy air in train stations, airports, information and visitor centers, restaurants, malls, and movie theaters. Our children are protected against secondhand smoke in cars, in indoor spaces, and in undesignated outdoor areas. Signs around Maine and in high-traffic tourist areas proudly promote the state’s smoke-free status and support our goal of making Maine the healthiest state in the nation.

Parents can make a difference! Each day, more than 3,500 kids try their first cigarette; and each day about 1,000 other kids, under 18 years of age, become new regular, daily smokers. That is more than 350,000 new underage daily smokers each year – and roughly one-third of them will eventually die prematurely from smoking-caused disease.

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Jessica Hebert
Tobacco, Alcohol & Other Drugs Prevention Program Coordinator
(207) 474-7473 x 206
jhebert@rfgh.net