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Quit Today

South Dakota QuitLine is a FREE resource available to any state resident 13 or older. Choose from three ways to leave smoking, vaping or chewing in the past. Quit, stay quit and breathe easy.

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TRIBAL TOBACCO ADVOCACY TOOLKIT

The purpose of the Toolkit is to support tribes and tribal allies with a framework for public health

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Youth & Young Adults

Children and young adults are especially vulnerable to loss of brain function as a result of vaping.
Even using e-cigarette devices without nicotine can cause damage. To protect your physical and mental health, it's time to quit.

Young Adults
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More Good years

Quitting is the difference between quality time with your family and missing out to catch your breath. Enjoy your years really living. Leave tobacco in the past, and live more good years.

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Control Tobacco

Access tools for educators, coalitions and more. Explore our media library, order educational or advocacy supplies and more.

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Tobacco Prevention Coordinators

Tobacco Prevention Coordinators are South Dakota’s tobacco prevention experts. They provide specialized support to your organization’s or community’s work.

Need Support?

Contact A Regional Coordinator

If interested in support regarding tobacco resources or training information, please contact your regional coordinator.

Coordinators are based in three regions across South Dakota. Locate your county on the Tobacco Control Program map. Then, find your coordinator’s contact information below.

Coordinators can assist in a variety of ways:

  • Communicate State Plan goals and key data
  • Provide technical assistance for grantees, coalitions and partners
  • Present health education and promotion programs like training workshops, conferences and school or community presentations
  • Share media materials that educate about the dangers of tobacco
  • Provide support in adopting voluntary smoke- and tobacco-free policies at the local level (such as multi-unit housing, schools, parks, city buildings and grounds)

 

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NORTHEAST REGION

ASHLEY HEYNE

Black Hills Special Services Cooperative
PO Box 72
Roscoe, SD 57471
605-221-8783
aheyne@bhssc.org

Counties: Campbell, McPherson, Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Walworth, Edmunds, Day, Grant, Potter, Faulk, Spink, Clark, Codington, Hamlin, Deuel, Hyde, Hand, Beadle, Kingsbury, Brookings

  
SOUTHEAST REGION

CARTER LINKE, BA

Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
5103 S. Sycamore
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
605-770-6994

clinke@bhssc.org

Counties: Buffalo, Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moody, Brule, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Lincoln, Bon Homme, Yankton, Clay, Union

  
WESTERN

KAYLA BOLSTAD

Black Hills Special Services Cooperative
1925 Plaza Blvd.
Rapid City, SD 57702
605-721-4584

kbolstad@bhssc.org

Counties: Harding, Perkins, Corson, Butte, Meade, Ziebach, Dewey, Lawrence, Haakon, Stanley, Sully, Hughes, Pennington, Jackson, Jones, Mellette, Lyman, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Bennett, Todd, Tripp, Gregory

  
STATEWIDE

KAITLYN ASHLEY

Kaitlyn promotes the SD QuitLine by providing education, outreach and referral resources to healthcare professionals, health systems, employers and other organizations or individuals through training, resource materials and cessation policy enhancement.

She works with health professionals around the state to advise their patients to quit using tobacco products and make referrals to the SD QuitLine. Kaitlyn is available for in-person or virtual training about the SD QuitLine, which can be tailored to suit the audience.

5301 S. Sycamore
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
605-496-9732
kashley@bhssc.org

  

South Dakota Tobacco Control Program Leadership

Sierra Phelps, Tobacco Control Program Director

Sierra oversees the tobacco control program, including the SD QuitLine, community and school outreach, counter-marketing, prevention programs, surveillance and evaluation. She provides oversight for all tobacco control program development, strategic planning, grant writing, management, budget preparation, staff supervision, outreach to partners and policy development.

605-773-2891
Sierra.Phelps@state.sd.us
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HILARY LARSEN

TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM COORDINATOR

605-367-7130
Hilary.Larsen@state.sd.us
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Tricia Yoshida

TOBACCO DISPARITIES COORDINATOR

605-773-6607
Tricia.Yoshida@state.sd.us