Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch

Local Tobacco Prevention and Control Groups

• Mission Statement
• Vision 2020: Our Strategic Plan
• Key Accomplishments
• Local Tobacco Prevention and Control Groups

Using federal funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health, the NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch funds 10 Regional Tobacco Prevention and Control Collaboratives that work within all 100 North Carolina counties to address the following goals:

• Advancing health equity by identifying and eliminating commercial tobacco product-related inequities and disparities
• Eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke
• Providing resources for tobacco users who want to quit
• Preventing youth from initiating tobacco use

Each Collaborative employs a Regional Tobacco Control Manager, who is based at a local health department within the Region.

 

Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch Funding Regions, 2020-2025

Full-size version of funding regions map (JPG, 584 KB)

Success Stories

Region 2

• Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Improves Health with a Tobacco-Free Campus
• Tobacco Retail Matters: College Students Sway Board of Health (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Influencing Lesbian and Bisexual Women Who Smoke via Media Campaign (PDF, 601 KB)

Region 3

• Smoke-Free Supportive Housing: Hospitality House: A Case Study

Region 4

• Policy Protects People: Tobacco Advocacy in Gaston County - Added 05/07/20
• Greater Charlotte Apartment Association Sends out “Smoke-Free” Signals with Certification
• Bessemer City: A Leader on Tobacco-Free Policy in N.C. (PDF, 255 KB)
• Iredell County Government Elects to Make the Healthy Choice Easier (PDF, 366 KB)
• A Partnership between Public Health, Parks and Hospital System Results in Policy Compliance Success (PDF, 500 KB)
• QuitlineNC Success Story: Promoting Tobacco-Free Messages and Quit Support at Healthy Corner Stores (PDF, 804 KB)

Region 5

• A Success Story: Spare Time Entertainment, Greensboro, N.C. (PDF, 316 KB)
• Durham Housing Authority - Project Fresh Life: Employing Community Health Advisors to Reduce Smoking in Public Housing (PDF, 335 KB)
• Health in All Policies: The Journey to Tobacco-Free Parks in Burlington (PDF, 615 KB)
• Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Passes a Commercial Tobacco-Free Resolution (PDF, 208 KB)
• Taking a Different Route to Make Chatham County Tobacco-Free (PDF, 322 KB) - Added 06/19/20

Region 6

• Randolph County, “The Heart of North Carolina,” Passed a TobaccoFree Policy a Year Ago; Its Popularity is Spreading (PDF, 450 KB) - Added 05/13/20
• Making Progress: Partnership for a Fort Bragg Tobacco-Free Community lays plans and begins work (PDF, 299kb) - Added 06/19/20

Regions 6 and 8

• QuitlineNC Success Story: Culturally Appropriate Digital Campaign Encourages N.C. Tribes to “Honor Tradition, Not Addiction” (PDF, 634 KB)

Region 8

• Waccamaw Siouan Youth: Leading the Way to a Tobacco-Free Tribe (PDF, 408 KB)
• Region 8 Engages Private Behavioral Health Providers in adopting Tobacco-free/Smoke-free Policies (PDF, 185 KB)

Region 9

• Dare County Residents and Visitors Enjoy "Vapor-Free" Restaurants and Bars (PDF, 1 MB)

Region 10

• Ayden first Pitt County Town to Make Parks Tobacco Free (PDF, 267 KB)
• Breathe Freely: Smoke Free Public Housing in Goldsboro, NC