| Fictitious Name | HD Role | HD Structure | Relevant State and Federal grants | Demographic Characteristics | Ordinance details |
| Appleton | Strong Support: Unusually committed Regional HD Director strongly supports coalition but does not drive effort. | 14 County health district; Main offices located in Appleton | Largest city in rural county; Pop. 78,122 | CIA (4): Smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars; allows separately ventilated rooms | |
| Plainview | Weak Support: Staff member from state Dept. of Health spoke at council meeting | Unknown | Largest city in rural county; Pop. 47,198 | CIA (2): Smoking banned in restaurants: 6 am to 8:30 pm; after 8:30 smoking section established, but may not seat children; truck stops exempt | |
| Rockland | Strong Support: Supports ordinance but "when it got political, HD played no role." Previous director found guilty of misusing position | County HD - Main offices in Rockland | ASSIST grant to HD for tobacco control | Largest city in rural county. Pop. 83,312 | CIA (4.5): Strong: Bars and restaurants; allows separately ventilated rooms |
| Forest Valley | Leading: Chair of HD initiates idea, forms coalition and plays leading role in effort. Position terminated | County HD - main offices in Forest Valley | Cigarette tax increase allocated to local tobacco control | Largest city in rural county; Pop. 44,757 | CIA (5): Strong: Bars and restaurants |
| Thomasville | None | Undetermined | Center of large metro area. Pop. 126,272 | CIA (1): smoking banned in government buildings only | |
| Brewton | Strong Support: Strongly supportive of the efforts of local coalition; does not drive effort | Undetermined | ASSIST | Largest city in rural county; Pop. 51,003 | CIA (3): Smoking banned in restaurants; allows for economic hardship exemption, rarely used |
| Nichols | Leading: Public Health educator and Field ASSIST director play major role in effort; helped begin the mobilization process and served as first vice-chair of coalition | City Dept. of Health located in Nichols | ASSIST Provided some staff support | Largest city in rural county; Pop. 62,126 | CIA (4): Smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars; allows sepatately ventilated smoking rooms; truck stops exempt |
| Kester | Strong Support: Smoke-free Kester wanted a supportive Health Board; they expanded ordinance to include bars and unanimously passed that | County Health Board with advisory and rule-making authority | CFTFK grant to build community capacity | Largest city in rural county; Pop. 42,918 | CIA (4): smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars; allows separately ventilated rooms |
| Fountainhead | Weak Support: Health administrator sits on local coalition and supports effort; but has no notable role | Undetermined | ASSIST - focuses work on tobacco control | Part of 4 community, 2 state region. Pop. 32,395 | YA (4): Counter display ban; requires licensing |
| Helmsley | Weak Support: State HD provided information and statistics only and wrote a letter of support | No local HD's in state | Suburb of larger city. Pop. 32,090 | YA (5): High fines; requires inspections | |
| Park City | None: HD "not allowed" to take a stand or lobby due to funding sources". Could have provided information, but they didn't. | Multi-county HD. Main offices two towns away | "Smokeless Kids Initiative" funding | Wealthy suburb of large metro area. Pop. 111,790 | CIA (2): Smoking banned in fast food restaurants and new restaurants. Requires signage identifying restaurant smoking policy |
| Palm Village | Leading: HD Director endorses effort; Head of Tobacco Control Division leads coalition; coalition initiates and leads effort. Coalition can lobby. HD can't tell coalition what to do, just "educate" them. | One of only 3 cities in state w/ a local HD; Tobacco Control Division | ASSIST - focused work on tobacco control; State tax proposition funds formed coalition | Suburb of one of the largest metro areas in the country. Pop. 131,591 | YA (3): Counter display ban and vending machine ban |
| Oakleaf | Leading: HD Leads community youth anti-smoking coalition | No local HD's in state, except for city of Oakleaf | ASSIST - Used to organize coalition | Largest city in metro area of 250,000. Pop. 64,358 | CIA (4): Strong: smoking banned in restaurants, permitted in bars; allows sepatately ventilated smoking rooms; however, state laws later disallows smoking rooms |
| Riverbend | Leading: HD Director leads "PATCH" community health coalition; coalition leads effort | County HD - Main Office in Riverbend | CDC PATCH grant; State Tobacco grant; IMPACT grant | Largest city in rural county; "Micro-city". Pop. 39,681 | YA (1): youth possession; mimics state law otherwise |
| Ruthburg | Weak Support: "Part of the loop" and provided information; assigned a person who attended meetings; were "not intimately involved" | Undetermined | ASSIST | Micro-city. Pop. 71,852 | YA (3): Counter display ban; vending machine restriction |