Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco

Organizational Summary

What is the mission of your organization with respect to tobacco cessation?

The Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco (PCHT) began as a five-state coalition of lead agencies and state health departments working in partnership with national agencies to help states establish comprehensive, evidence-based statewide tobacco cessation programs. The five states were Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Hawaii, and California. The work of the PCHT has now expanded into coordination and supporting the Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation Leadership Project.

What types of products or services do you offer presently?

The PCHT has developed information, resources and tools for state managers and administrators of tobacco control programs, businesses, voluntary organizations, health care systems, state agencies, and others to guide the development process. These tools are available electronically on the PCHT website: http://www.paccenter.org and hard copies can be ordered by contacting the PCHT office.

The PCHT also provides on sight, telephone, and email technical assistance to states working to establish comprehensive tobacco cessation programs.

The PCHT has also serves as a convener for national and state partner working groups on tobacco cessation.

What are any current initiatives underway in your organization regarding tobacco cessation? What projects are you undertaking this year? What are you funding?

The PCHT coordinate information sharing and direct technical assistance to states including topic specific conference calls. The PCHT also coordinates a national level cessation workshop for participants in the Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Cessation Leadership Project. Our website continues to offer resources and we will continue to disseminate PCHT resource materials. The PCHT also coordinates a working group of national partners to help with collaboration across agencies and to identify and apply emerging best practices.

What projects/initiatives are you considering for next year? What would you like to become more involved in?

We would like to see an ongoing project among the existing national and state partners that actively applies tobacco cessation strategies and documents results.

Who are the people in your organization that are actively working on tobacco cessation?

Wendy Bjornson, Project Director
Elizabeth Laws, Project Coordinator

Please see the PCHT website for a listing of the participating members.

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