National State-Based Tobacco Control Programs

Purpose: The purpose of the FOA is to provide funding support, technical assistance, and guidance in collaboration with state health departments and their state and community partners to establish and maintain sufficient tobacco control program capacity to achieve the four NTCP goals using population-based environmental, policy, and systems interventions and strategies demonstrated to effectively impact the tobacco epidemic. iii. Outcomes: Short Term Outcomes • Increased public-private partnerships addressing tobacco control, tobacco-related disparities and health equity • Increased public and decision-maker knowledge about the dangers of tobacco use, exposure to SHS, and tobacco-related disparities • Increased public and decision-maker awareness of effective tobacco control interventions, strategies and social norm change • Increased implementation and enforcement of interventions and strategies to support quitting, reduce exposure to SHS, and decrease access and availability of tobacco products • Increased health communication interventions and messages to reach populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use, exposure to SHS, and tobacco-related disparities • Increased health care system changes to promote and support cessation • Increased public awareness/support/awareness of actions to increase access to and utilization of evidence-based cessation treatments • Increased capacity to collect, analyze, and disseminate data related to tobacco-related disparities and health equity • Increased or maintained state health department infrastructure and capacity to support a state-based tobacco control program Intermediate Outcomes • Decreased exposure to pro-tobacco messages and availability of tobacco products • Increased awareness of pro-tobacco influence • Decreased susceptibility to experimentation with tobacco products • Increased public compliance with tobacco control policies • Increased coverage by and utilization of comprehensive insurance coverage for evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments • Increased quit attempts among current tobacco users • Increased successful cessation among current tobacco users • Increased development of innovative and/or promising practices that contribute to the tobacco control evidence-base • Increased implementation of evidence-based interventions and strategies that address vulnerable and underserved populations Long-Term Outcomes • Decreased initiation of tobacco use among youth and young adults • Decreased exposure to SHS • Decreased tobacco use among adults and youth • Decreased tobacco-related disparities