California Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Program (Outside Source)
Program to reduce tobacco use through local health departments, statewide media campaign, and competitively-selected state, regional and community-based projects.
California Healthy Kids Survey (Outside Source)
A tool available to all local educational agencies (LEAs) to assist in the assessment of the health-related behavior of students in grades five, seven, nine, and eleven.
California Healthy Kids Resource Center (Outside Source)
Includes a comprehensive collection of health education materials for use by teachers, administrators, university faculty, LEA staff and other professionals who work with preschool through 12th grade students in school settings and after-school programs. Includes a listing of available trainings on selected topics.
California Smokers’ Helpline (Outside Source)
A telephone-based program that can help you quit smoking. Helpline services are free, funded by the California Department of Health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Outside Source)
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
County Coordinators
Title IV Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities and Tobacco-Use Prevention Education County Coordinators.
Getting Results (Outside Source)
Getting Results Part II - California Action Guide to Tobacco Use Prevention Education, presents research to support tobacco use prevention among young people.
Helping Young Smokers Quit (Outside Source)
A national program supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Cancer Institute.
Secondhand Smoke Parent Letter (DOC; 40KB; 2pp.)
Sample letter regarding the hazards of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Translations of the sample letter coming soon.
Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee (TEROC) (Outside Source)
Legislatively-mandated advisory committee charged with overseeing the use of Proposition 99 tobacco tax revenues for tobacco control and prevention education and for tobacco-related research.
The Committee also publishes and periodically updates a state master plan for tobacco control and tobacco-related research, and makes recommendations to the State Legislature for improving Proposition 99-funded tobacco control and tobacco-related research efforts in California. The most recent Master Plan is Toward a Tobacco-free California 2006-2008: Confronting a Relentless Adversary, A Plan for Success. (PDF; 7MB; Outside Source)
Tobacco-Related Disease and Research Program (TRDRP) (Outside Source)
University of California program to administer the Proposition 99 research fund regarding tobacco use and the causes and treatment of diseases related to tobacco use.
