State-Related Agencies
Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) –
Tobacco Prevention and Control Project
The Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials is the national nonprofit organization representing
the state and territorial public health agencies of the United
States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia.
ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions,
are responsible for formulating and influencing sound public
health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public
health practice.
The ASTHO Tobacco Prevention and Control Project was established
in 1988 and currently operates under a 5-year Cooperative
Agreement with the Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The Project raises the visibility
of tobacco prevention and control issues among state health
officials and their senior staff. It ensures that state health
officials and their agencies have the information and tools
they need to address tobacco control activities in their state.
The Project improves the capacity of states to prevent tobacco
addiction and works with partner organizations to analyze
emerging issues.
Health
Officials Announce Web Site on Secondhand Smoke
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has
established a web site to offer resources to employers,
workers, policy makers and the general public on the subject
of secondhand tobacco smoke.
The site at www.breatheeasyok.com
addresses the need for up-to-date and accurate information
on related topics including:
- research findings on the health
effects of secondhand tobacco smoke
- quotes from internal tobacco
company documents on smoking restrictions
- how the tobacco industry has worked
to mislead the hospitality industry
- current Oklahoma laws on smoking in public places
and workplaces.
An estimated 300,000 to 400,000 Oklahomans who work indoors
are currently not protected by smoke-free policies on
the job. Studies of workers in different settings have
shown that workers in restaurants experienced the greatest
risk, with secondhand smoke exposure in restaurants being
twice as high as in the offices studied. Analyses of death
rates by occupation have shown food service workers to
have an elevated risk for lung cancer, with the risk almost
doubled for waitresses.
The
Massachusetts Tobacco Education Clearinghouse (MTEC)
The Massachusetts Tobacco Education Clearinghouse is a Massachusetts
Tobacco Control Program statewide project which offers a variety
of services to support tobacco education efforts across the
state. MTEC is a project of JSI Research and Training Institute
funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The
MTEC web site has information about their resource center
which has a collection of more than 1800 tobacco education
items and can be visited by individuals visiting the Boston
area. The web site also has information about ordering tobacco
education materials and the MTEC’s newsletter is available
online.
National
Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
NAAG fosters interstate cooperation on legal and law enforcement
issues; conducts policy research and analysis of issues; and
facilitates communication between the states’ chief
legal officers and all levels of government.
The Tobacco Project serves as the liaison to the NAAG Tobacco
Committee and settling states on the implementation and enforcement
of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The Project
assists the states with the coordination of enforcement strategies
and dealing with other issues that arise in the area of tobacco.
Resources are provided for MSA documents and current legislation
related to tobacco.
National
Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) –
Tobacco Prevention and Control Project
NACCHO is a nonprofit membership organization serving local
health departments nationwide - in cities, counties, townships,
and districts. NACCHO provides education, information, research,
and technical assistance to local health departments and facilitates
partnerships among local, state, and federal agencies in order
to promote and strengthen public health
The NAACHO Tobacco Prevention and Control Project aims to
strengthen local health departments' capacity to engage in
tobacco use prevention and control and increase the integration
of national, state, and local tobacco control efforts. As
its major undertaking, NACCHO had developed a Local Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program Database. Local public health
agencies have provided NACCHO with tobacco prevention and
control program summaries and lessons learned. The Local Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program Database is a compilation of
this information, which allows users to search programs by
state or program component.
National
Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
The National Association of Local Boards of Health represents
the interests of local boards of health and assists them in
assuring the health of their communities. The Tobacco Control
Advisory Committee guides the development of NALBOH's tobacco
control policies and advocacy efforts on a national level
and promotes anti-tobacco efforts, oversees grants, works
with NALBOH Tobacco Fellows and other national public health
and anti-tobacco organizations. The site has information and
links on advocacy and best practices, conferences and training,
funding opportunities, legal authority, model statutes and
policies, and tobacco resources.
National
Conferences of State Legislators (NCSL)
NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves
the lawmakers and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths
and territories. NCSL is a source for research, publications,
consulting assistance, meetings and seminars. It provides
an open, bipartisan, national forum for lawmakers to communicate
with one another and share ideas. NCSL represents the states’
interests before Congress, the administration and federal
agencies.
National
Governors Association (NGA)
The National Governors Association is a public policy organization
that provides governors and their senior staff members with
services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill
and before the administration on key federal issues to developing
policy reports on innovative state programs and hosting networking
seminars for state government executive branch officials.
The NGA Center for Best Practices focuses on state innovations
and best practices on issues that range from education and
health to technology, welfare reform, and the environment.
NGA also provides management and technical assistance to both
new and incumbent governors.
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Tobacco
Prevention and Control
Within the Center for Best Practices, NGA provides tobacco-related
fact sheets, available publications and reports, descriptions
of states’ programs, budget information, and health
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Tobacco
Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC)
ETR Associates has operated the Tobacco Education Clearinghouse
of California since 1990, under funding from the California
Department of Health Services Tobacco Control Section (TCS).
TECC is the central resource and materials distribution center
for all TCS-funded tobacco education projects, including local
health departments, community-based agencies, ethnic networks,
and other statewide projects. TECC distributes a wide range
of culturally diverse educational materials and promotional
items to TCS-funded programs as well as schools and out-of-state
agencies. Services to TCS-funded projects also include technical
assistance on the development of new materials; a TECC web
site offering access to all of TECC services; resource information
and links to relevant web sites; and resource center/library
services that include reference, referral and literature searches
as well as an extensive collection of tobacco education materials
for circulation. The TECC web site is password protected and
only available to projects funded by the California Department
of Health Services’ Tobacco Control Section.
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