Policy

Tobacco Cessation

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
CTFK is a leader in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the United States and around the world. By changing public attitudes and public policies on tobacco, CTFK strives to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke.

Partnership for Prevention
The Partnership for Prevention is a membership organization of businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies advancing policies and practices to prevent disease and improve the health of all Americans.

Integrating Cessation and Advocacy Policies (January 2006)
Summary of the TCLN roundtable discussion on this topic

National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Action Plan
A 2002 document that describes the original vision, goals and strategies for the National Partnership.  The action plan outlines interventions in six areas: the healthcare system, policy, communities and worksites, the media, research, and state outreach.

NAQC Policy Playbook (2008)
This web-based resource from the North American Quitline Consortium focuses on promoting the availability of quitline services following the passage of smokefree policies and tobacco excise tax increases.

Preventive Services: Helping States Improve Mandates
Developed by the Partnership for Prevention, this guide uses available evidence and assistance from health plans, health researchers, and voluntary health associations to aid state legislators and governors to refine their existing preventive service mandates and improve utilization of effective preventive care among their state populations.

Increasing Demand for and use of Smoking-Cessation Treatments (2007)
This article in the Supplement of American Journal of Preventive Medicine recommends steps that can be taken to increase both demand for and use of effective smoking cessation treatments.

A Statewide Strategy For Smoking Cessation in California / California (March 2002)
Produced by the California Tobacco Control Alliance.

6 Core Strategies for Increasing the Use of Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Treatments Report (2007)
A report from the National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative summarizes the key concepts and ideas that emerged from the Roundtables discussions for building demand among smokers for proven tobacco cessation products and services.

A Report to the 2005-2006 California State Legislature Analysis of Senate Bill 576:
Health Care Coverage: Tobacco Cessation Services / California (2005)
This report provides an analysis of the medical, financial, and public health impacts of SB 576, a bill to mandate coverage of tobacco cessation services, as introduced on February 18, 2005 and subsequently amended and transmitted to the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) in draft form on July 21, 2005. The bill went to Governor Schwarzenegger and was vetoed.

Tobacco Control

State Legislated Action on Tobacco Issues (SLATI)
From the American Lung Association, this report documents progress in statewide clean indoor air laws, cigarette excise taxes, and regulation of Internet tobacco sales. SLATI also chronicles state tobacco program funding and Master Settlement Agreement funds.

A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Ten Years Later
Ten years later, this report finds that most states have failed to keep their promise to spend a significant portion of the settlement funds on programs to protect kids from tobacco addiction and help smokers quit. This report is issued by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Effect of Smokefree Air Ordinances on Smoking Prevalence and Cessation (November 2004)
A report from the Americans for Non-Smokers’ Rights

Higher Cigarette Taxes: Reduce Smoking, Save Lives, Save Money
A virtual packet of information and data sources (including background material, fact sheets, press releases) related to cigarette excise taxes. Available through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Raising Cigarette Taxes Reduces Smoking, Especially Among Kids (January 2005)
The cigarette companies have opposed tobacco tax increases by arguing that raising cigarette prices would not reduce adult or youth smoking. But the companies' internal documents, disclosed in the tobacco lawsuits, show that they know very well that raising cigarette prices is one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among kids. Available through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

State Cigarette Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Residents (June 2004)
Because smoking levels are highest among people with low incomes, the cigarette companies try to argue that cigarette tax increases are regressive taxes that fall disproportionately hard on lower-income persons. But this argument turns reality upside down. Higher smoking rates among lower-income groups means that lower-income families and communities are now suffering the most from smoking and will, consequently, benefit the most from any effective new measures to reduce smoking, including increased state cigarette taxes. Available through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Strategic Thinking on State Tobacco Tax Increases (2003)
Developed by SmokeLess States, this document is designed to assist public health advocates in recognizing and weighing strategic decisions that must be made before beginning a campaign to increase tobacco taxes at the state level.

Toward a Tobacco-Free California: Strategies for the 21st Century 2000-2003 (January 2000) / California
This publication highlights lessons learned by California’s Tobacco Control Program over the past 10 years and sets forth policy and budgetary recommendations for the future.