The Tobacco Use Prevention
Program of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment provides
resources and technical assistance to community coalitions for development,
enhancement, and evaluation of state and local initiatives to prevent
morbidity and mortality from tobacco use addiction. The Tobacco
Use Prevention program focuses on four priority areas:
- Preventing the initiation of tobacco use
among young people.
- Promoting quitting among young people and
adults.
- Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS).
- Identifying and eliminating the disparities
related to tobacco use and its effects among different population
groups.
The Tobacco Use Prevention Program receives funding
from the Centers for Disease Control and American Legacy Foundation.
In 2001 and 2002, the state legislature allocated $500,000 for a
comprehensive tobacco prevention program in Salina, Kansas.
Tobacco Use Prevention Program 2008 Overview (.pdf)
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