Community Tobacco Prevention
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC)
The Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) is dedicated to assisting organizations in building and developing highly effective tobacco control programs. Whether your organization is national, state or community-based, TTAC can assist you.
TTAC provides individualized technical assistance and customized trainings to help our clients succeed in their tobacco control efforts. Browse TTAC’s website to learn more about our products and tools and access an extensive pool of tobacco control resources.
New Web Site Provides Blueprint for Taking Action
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently launched a Web site aimed at providing additional information for community coalitions looking to implement the recommendations from the 2007 IOM report Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation. The site provides examples of organizations that have applied those recommendations to their unique circumstances, serving as a model for other communities ready to take action. The American Legacy Foundation sponsored the 2007 IOM report: Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation.
CDC's Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions—State and Community Interventions (PDF: 1.95MG, 21 pages)
This new resource focuses on the critical role coalitions play in a comprehensive tobacco control program. According to Best Practices, communities need to work toward transforming the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of users and nonusers by changing the way tobacco is promoted, sold, and used.
Best Practices User Guide: Youth Engagement—State and Community Interventions 2010
The CDC guide will provide readers with information on the best practices for engaging youth as a part of a comprehensive tobacco control program. The youth perspective and voice is important, because the initiation of tobacco use most often occurs before age 18.Youth involvement can lead to important policy and social norm changes, and advance the fight against pro-tobacco influences.
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On this website, a toolkit can be accessed for businesses to help them understand the impact of tobacco use on their bottom line, as well as what they can do about it both "within their walls" (e.g, going smoke-free, cessation support for smokers, etc.) and "outside their walls" (e.g, getting involved with programs or policy in their community.
Guide to Community Prevention Services
CDC guide and resources on tobacco prevention at the community level
CDC: Community Health Resources
Search or browse through CDC's best resources to help you plan, implement and evaluate community health interventions and programs to address chronic disease and health disparities issues. You'll find links to hundreds of useful planning guides, evaluation frameworks, communication materials, behavioral and risk factor data, fact sheets, scientific articles, key reports and state and local program contacts.
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC)
Website and technical assistance resources for state and local tobacco control programs
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) - Tobacco Prevention and Control
Smoke-free policy and program support for local health departments provided by NACCHO
Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs - 2007
CDC guide for tobacco prevention and reduction includes intervention strategies and recommendations for states