Putting the IOM Tobacco Control Recommendations into Practice

This presentation will highlight case examples of local, state and federal implementation of tobacco control activities that illustrate how to implement some of the recommendations for tobacco control that were made in the Institute of Medicine's recent report, “Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation”. The presenter is one of the authors of the report and wrote the appendix on tobacco advocacy. She is currently creating brief case studies for the National Academy of Sciences webpage for the IOM report. The co-presenter is the editor of the IOM report.

In speaking with local groups about the report, the presenters have noticed that many public health professionals, especially younger workers, know very little about the history of tobacco advocacy. Nor are they aware of successful national or state models, such as ASSIST, that could guide their current work in tobacco control.

This presentation is intended to present an advocacy program model and to highlight citizen strategies that have resulted in successful policy change at a community-wide level to inspire continued tobacco advocacy on the part of participants in keeping with the IOM recommendations.