Empowering Tobacco Prevention Efforts in Tribal Communities

Purpose

Limit Tobacco Promoting Influences. Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke, Tobacco Smoke Residue, Tobacco Waste, and Other Tobacco Products. Reduce the Availability of Tobacco. Promote Tobacco Cessation.

Description

Applicants are required to work on 1) Community Engagement and Organizing, and 2) Policy Development and implementation. 1. Limit Tobacco Promoting Influences. Efforts supporting this goal seek to curb advertising and marketing tactics used to promote tobacco produces and their use, counter glamorization of tobacco use through entertainment and social media, exposure tobacco industry practices, and hold tobacco companies accountable for the impact of their products on people and the environment. 2. Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke, Tobacco Smoke Residue, Tobacco Waste and Other Tobacco Products. Efforts supporting this goal address the impact of tobacco use on people, other living organisms, and the physical environment resulting from exposure to Secondhand Smoke, tobacco smoke residue, tobacco waste, and other non-combustible tobacco products. 3. Reduce the Availability of Tobacco. Efforts supporting this goal address the sale, distribution, sampling, or furnishing of tobacco products, and other nicotine containing products that are not specifically approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for nicotine or tobacco Dependence. 4. Promote Tobacco Cessation. Efforts supporting this goal improve awareness, availability, and access to cessation assistance via Kick It California, the health and behavioral care systems, and the community. Work plan features include Building capacity and skills among tribal members and staff employed by tribal governmental organizations to implement tobacco use prevention and reduction interventions and provide health education services. Mobilizing and engaging community residents and tribal governmental organizations to engage in tobacco use prevention and cessation and support policy and system changes. Designing, supporting, adopting, implementing, and evaluating tribal policy and system change campaigns that seek to prevent and reduce tobacco use.