233710 CPPW Community Example for Tobacco Control

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 : 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

David Lurie , Austin/Travis County Department of Health and Human Services, Austin, TX
     
Of the 44 communities that were awarded funds by Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW), 21 of these community grantees were funded to work on tobacco control interventions over a two-year funding window. As a part of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the communities were required to include interventions in a work plan that focused on each of five topic areas: media, access, point of purchase, price, and social support. Additionally, communities without a comprehensive smoke-free policy were required in the FOA to commit to including a plan to work on achieving smoke-free status.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe the burden of tobacco use in the community. Describe interventions the community identified in its work plan and why it was chosen. Describe progress and milestones to date. Describe upcoming activities.

Keywords: Tobacco Policy, Smoking Cessation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the director of the Austin/Travis County Department of health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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