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Assisting CASE in its work in Columbia are two organizations:
• Peers Advocating Smoke-free Solutions (PASS) is a student-run organization based at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
• Smoke-Free Air for Everyone (SAFE) is a group of Boone County residents working to improve the health of the community by lessening the negative impacts of tobacco.
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CASE Goals
CASE plans to meet or exceed the following objectives to address the overall goal to Implement Smoke-Free Workplace Programs.
1. Decrease the percentage of adults who work indoors and are exposed to tobacco smoke in their work area from 17.7% to 8% prior to 2009. 2. Increase the percentage of current adult smokers who use some form of medication to help them stop smoking for one day or longer during the past 12 months from 8.4% to 14% prior to 2009. 3. Increase the percentage of current adult smokers who seek assistance for quitting through classes or counseling from 2.8% to 10% prior to 2009. 4. Increase the percentage of adult smokers who quit for one day or longer during the past 12 months from 50% to 66% prior to 2009. 5. Increase the percentage of adult smokers who are planning to stop smoking within the next 30 days from 26.1% to 35% prior to 2009.