Tobacco Prevention and Control

NACCHO's Tobacco Prevention and Control Project increases the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to address tobacco use.  

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The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health (CDC/OSH), are pleased to offer an opportunity to improve the capacity of local public health professionals to plan and implement activities that will support and sustain tobacco control program efforts and resources over the long term. 

Each capacity building meeting will be conducted by a professional facilitator in the host’s state and involves forming a local team to share knowledge about CDC approved programming and funding guidelines for comprehensive local tobacco control programs and to promote and sustain ongoing commitment and resources for tobacco control efforts. SACCHOs and LHDs are both eligible to apply.  More »

On June 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This historic legislation grants authority to regulate tobacco products to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as well as having implications for state and local health departments. The full extent of the implications on state and local health departments and realities of implementation of and changes resulting from this legislation are currently under discussion. More information is available at the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health.