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If your organization would like to support the Smoke-Free Chicago campaign. Please download the Endorsement Form PDF and mail to:

Attn. Smoke-Free Chicago
American Cancer Society
Illinois Division Inc.
225 N. Michigan Ave.
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60601

The following organizations have endorsed the efforts for a Smoke-Free Chicago and encourage an ordinance to protect families and workers from secondhand smoke.

Organizing Partners

American Cancer Society
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
UNO
Illinois PIRG

Business/Business Associations

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Aspen Marketing
Belgravia Realty Group
Bell Financial Benefits
Bernal’s Tae Kwon Do Center
Blue Cross Blue Sheild Illinois
Bradford Allen Realty Services
CenterStageChicago.com
Chansen Ltd.
Chicago Design House, Inc
Clothes Optional
CTK Clinical Consultants, LLC
Destinations Downunder
Devine Realty
Duchosssois Industries Inc.
DZL Options
Edgewater Partners LLC
Foresight Design Initiative
Foresight Design Initiative
FWT Options LLC
God’s Gift/Gifts Galore
Gold Eagle Co.
Graystone Home
Habitat Corp.
HACIA (Hispanic American Construction Industry Association)
Home Safe Home Childproofing, Inc.
HR Search, Inc.
International Language Services
J Bystedt & Associates
Jacobs Twin Auto Plaza
JPE Options Inc.
Little Village Chamber of Commerce
Mistaya Capital LLC
MST Innovations
Panto-ulema, Inc.
Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce
Predestined, Inc.
Presidential Towers Health Club
Ruzicka & Associates, LTD.
Safer Pest Control Project
Sigma Engineering, Inc
Techmium, Inc.
Teng & Associates
The JBK Group, LLC.
TMY Trading LLC
Witherspoon Marketing Group, Inc.
Xato

Community Agencies/Associations

AARP – Illinois
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Albany Park Community Center
Amnesty International LUC Chapter
Amnesty International LUC Chapter
Apna Ghar, Inc “Our Home”
Cambodian Association of Illinois
Casa Aztlan
Casa Central
Central States SER
Chesterfield Community Council
Chicago Area Runners Association
Chicago CFS Association
Chinese American Service League
Chinese Mutual Aid Society
Citizen Action Coalition
Community Renewal Society
Council for Disability Rights
Dorothy Gatreaux N.E. Scattered Sites Local Advisory Council
Eighteenth Street Development Corp.
Erie Neighborhood House
Family Academy
Gads Hill Center
Holistic Community Outreach
Humboldt Park Empowerment Partnership – Community of Wellness
Illinois Environmental Council
Jackson Park Highlands Association
Jane Adams Senior Caucus
Korean American Community Services
Korean American Women In Need
La Carnitas Michoacana
Lake County Council for Seniors
Lakeshore Marathon Company
Little Village Community Development Corporation
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Mended Hearts
Metro Chicago Human Service Coalition
Metro Seniors in Action
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (NHS)
Pilsen Industrial Council
Pilsen YMCA
Pilsen-Little Village Information Center
Pilsen/Southwest Side Green Party
Prevention Force Family Center
Programa CIELO
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Robert Crown Center
Sierra Club, Chicago Group
Sisters Embracing Life
South Austin Coalition
Southeast Chicago Development Commission
Southeast Lake County Faith In Action
Spanish Action Committee of Chicago
The Earth Center
Triangle Neighborhood Association
Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network
UNIRR (United Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)
United Neighborhood Organization
Urhai Community Service Center
Vietnamese Association of Illinois
Voices for Illinois Children
Woodlawn Organization

Education

Colleges Against Cancer – DePaul University
Colleges Against Cancer – Loyola University Chicago
Colleges Against Cancer – University of Illinois
Columbia Explorers Academy
Cyrus McCormick School
Elizabeth Peabody School
Evanston Township High School Health Center
Irma Ruiz School
James Otis School
Joseph Gary School
Lara Academy
Little Village Academy
LULAC National Education Service Centers, Inc.
Luther Burbank School
Maine East High School
Manuel Perez Elementary School
Medical Student Senate – Northwestern Fenberg School of Medicine
Northside College Prep
Octavio Paz Charter School
Ortiz de Dominguez School
Pablo Casals School
Palatine High School
Prologue Alternative High School
Rachael Carson Elementary School
Rosario Castellanos Middle School
Saucedo Scholastic Academy
SER Business and Technical Institute
Spry School
Sullivan Elementary School
Tonti School
University of Illinois Chicago Center for Research on Women and Gender
Walter Payton College Prep High School
Whitney Young H.S.
Whittier Elementary School

Faith-based Organizations

Broadway United Methodist Church
Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker’s Issues
Co-Labourers with Christ
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Evening Star Baptist Church
First Congressional Churhc, UCC
Gorham United Methodist Church
Greater Metropolitan M.B. Church
Heritage International Christian Church
Hope Prysbyterian Church
Keystone Baptist Church
Montrose Baptist Church
New Macedonia MB Baptist Church
New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church
New Progressive M.B. Church
New Spiritual Light of Jesus Christ Apostolic Church
No More Crutches Ministries 6
Original Philadelphia M.B. Church
Outreach Community Church
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Precious Blood Parish
Resurrection Lutheran Church – Friendship Club
Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church – Evanston
Southlawn United Methodist Church
St. Agnes of Bohemia Church
St. Clare of Montefalco
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Gall Church
St. Paul Church
St. Pius V Parish
St. Sabina’s Church
St. Sylvester Catholic Church
Trinity United Church of Christ
Trinity United Methodist Church
Walls Memorial CME Church
Way of Life Church International

Health Care Providers

Access Community Health Network
Advocate Bethany Hospital
Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health System
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Alivio Medical Center
Anixter Center
Bobby E Wright Comprehensive Community Behavioral Health Center
Chicago Family Health Center
Chicago Thoracic Society
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Community & Social Medicine, Dept of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medica
Cook County Physcians Association
Donte Medical, S.C.
Evanston Northwestern Health Care
Family Medical Center
Glenbrook Hospital – ENH
Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc
Howard Brown Health Center
John Stroger Cook County Hospital
Knecht Chiropractic Clinic
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Lawndale Christian Health Center
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Wellness Institute
Northwestern Radiation Oncology Association
Northwestern University – Lurie Cancer Center
Nursing Assembly
Oncology Nurses of the Chicago Chapter of ONS
Our Lady Resurrection Medical Center
Ramirez Foot & Ankle Clinic
Resurrection Medical Center
Roscoe Village Family Medicine
Rush Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center – Department of Nursing
Rush University Medical Center – Professional Nursing Staff
Saint Elizabeth’s Hopsital
Saint Fancis Hospital – Blue Island
Saint Joseph Hospital
Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital
Sinai Health System – Mt. Sinai Hospital, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital
South Shore Hospital
St. Francis Hospital – Blue Island
St. Joseph Hospital
The Center for Advanced Breast Care
Total Balance Chiropractic
University of Chicago Hospitals
University of Illinois Medical Center
Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
Weiss Memorial Hospital
Westside Health Authority

Heath Associations

Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics
American Academy of Pediatrics – Illinois Chapter
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Dental Association
American Dental Hygienists’ Association Smoking Cessation Initiative
American Medical Association
American Medical Students Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Public Health Association
Arthritis Foundation Greater Chicago Chapter
Campaign for Better Healthcare Inc
Center for African American Health
Chicago Dental Society
Chicago Health Executives Forum-CHEF
Chicago Medical Society
Evanston Substance About Prevention Council
HealthCare Consortium of Illinois
Healthy South Chicago Coalition
IAHPERD Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Illinois for Health Care
Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society
Illinois Pharmacists Association
Illinois State Dental Society
Illinois State Medical Society
Kidney Cancer Association
Lymphoma Research Foundation – Chicago Chapter
Medical Students for a Smoke-Free Chicago
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC)
Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
Minnesota Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation (MNACUPR)
Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation
National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
National Kidney Foundation
North Central District Health Council
Northwestern Cancer Gentics Program
Philippine Nurses Association of Illinois
Physicians for Social Responsibility Chicago
Prevent Blindness America
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Labor

AFSCME Council 31 Chicago Subchapter 60
Labor Coalition for Peoples’ Action & Public Utilities

Media

Chicago Communicator Newspaper

Musicians

Medeski Martin and Wood
Monique Marissa Lukens
Multi-mediamusic Inc.

Public Health Agencies

African American Healthcare Council
American Stroke Association
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Asian Cancer Prevention Organization
Asian Health Coalition of Illinois
Asian Health Coalition of Illinois
Asian Human Services
BNICEH Smoke Out Campaign
Chicago Asthma Consortium
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia&Multiple; Chemical Sensitivities Coalition
Community Health Partnership of Illinois
Cook County Health Department
DuPage Coalition Against Tobacco
DuPage County Health Department
Evanston Community Health Advisory Board
Gilda’s Club Chicago
Gilead Outreach and Referral Center
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Illinois Association of Boards of Health
Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators
Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Illinois Public Health Association
Illinois Public Health Institute
Illinois Public Interest Research Group
Institute of Medicine of Chicago
Jo Daviess County Health Department
Kane County Health Department
LaSalle County Health Department
Latinos for a Healthy Illinois
Lesbian Cancer Community Project
Mercer County Health Department
Perry County Health Department
Salud Latina/Latino Health
South Asian Public Health Assocication (SAPHA)-Chicago Group
STOP Colon/Rectal Cancer Foundation
Suburban Asthma Consortium
The Foundation For A Smokefree America
Will County Health Department
Y-ME Illinois

Restaurants

A Tavola
Adobo Grill
Arun’s
Berghoff O’Hare
Bin 36
Bistro 110
Bistro Zinc
Boka
Buckingham Cafe and Deli
Cafe Selmarie
Cafe Spiaggia
California Pizza Kitchens
Carnelli’s Deli
Carsons Ribs
Cellar’s Market
Ceres Cafe
Cerise
Charleston
Cru Cafe and Wine Bar
Del Toro
Dos Hermanos
Eadie’s Kitchen and Market
Elephant & Castle
Elm St. Liquors
Feast
Firehouse
Follia
Francesca’s Forno
Francesca’s on Bryn Mawr
Francesca’s on Taylor
Frontera Grill
Fulton’s on the River
Goddess and Grocer
Goodbar
Grace O’Malley’s
Green Zebra
Handlebar
Hardy Boys
Ina’s (Restaurant)
Italian Village
Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap
Keefers Restaurant
Landmark
Lawry’s the Prime Rib
Le Lan
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
Levy Restaurant Group
Lou Malnatis
Manny’s at Midway Airport
Manny’s Restaurant
Mia Francesca Lakeview
Mia Torre
Minibar
Mrs. Levy’s Deli
Naha
North Pond Cafe
Palace Grill
Panang Thai Cuisine
Park Grill
Phil & Lou’s
Piece
Poag Mahone’s Tavern
Pops for Champagne
Restaurant Y Taqueria Mexico
Rodan
Russian Tea Time
Salpicon
Smith and Wollensky
Sopraffina Marketcaffe
Spiaggia
Spoon
Spring
Starlite Cafe
Sunrise Cafe
The Berghoff
The Ninety-Fifth
The Palm
Thyme/ Thyme Cafe
Topolobamp
Trattoria No. 10
Uncommon Ground Cafe & Coffeehouse
Vinci
Vivere
Wishbone
Zapatista