Curriculum
Smokefree Policies in Multi-Unit Housing: Steps for Success 
The American Lung Association worked with experts around the United States to develop this online curriculum on how to implement a smokefree policy in multi-unit housing properties like apartments and condominiums.
Factsheets
Federal Regulation of Menthol Tobacco Products (Fact Sheet)
Answers to frequently asked questions about the status of menthol tobacco product regulation.
Novel Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products: An Overview of Regulatory Options
This fact sheet is designed to answer basic questions about some of the options communities might consider in regulating novel non-cigarette tobacco products.
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Benefits (Fact Sheet)
Overview of federal legislation related to coverage of tobacco cessation benefits.
Podcasts
Lessons from the Effort to Reduce Tobacco Use - Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Guides
AAP: Tobacco Prevention Policy Tool
Ths tool showcases various policy strategies that support prevention of youth tobacco initiation, reduction in secondhand smoke exposure, and access to quitlines and cessation services.
CDC: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community.
State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues
SLATI (State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues) is an extensively researched and invaluable source of information on tobacco control laws and policy, and is the only up-to-date and comprehensive summary of state tobacco control laws.
Profiles/Case Studies
Creating Healthy Communities - Success Stories from ACHIEVE
Download the "Creating Healthy Communities - Success Stories from ACHIEVE" document to read about the impact of ACHIEVE policy and environmental change efforts in communities.
Reports
Building Healthy Communities:Action Planning for Tobacco Prevention and Control
This report highlights the efforts of sites that participated in tobacco prevention and control coalition capacity-building assistance from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH). Additionally, the report outlines the role of local health departments (LHDs) and local boards of health (LBOHs) and provides details about evidence-based tobacco prevention and control.
CDC's BRFSS Annual Survey Data
CDC's Behavioral Surveillance Branch is pleased to announce the release of the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data.
National Prevention Strategy
On June 16, 2011 the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, announced the release of the National Prevention Strategy, a comprehensive plan that will help increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life.
Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities
Trust for America's Health concludes that an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based disease prevention programs could yield net savings of more than $2.8 billion annually in health care costs in one to 2 years, more than $16 billion annually within 5 years, and nearly $18 billion annually in 10 to 20 years (in 2004 dollars).
Saving Lives, Saving Money
Two reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of enacting strong tobacco control policies in the states. The reports quantify lives saved, reduction in smokers and health costs saved in each state from implementing comprehensive smoke-free laws or tobacco tax increases.
Why Place & Race Matter
A new report, Why Place and Race Matter, makes the undeniable case that race must be central to the decisions made by policymakers, advocates, and community leaders if we ever hope to close the racial health gap.
Research Briefs
2010 National Profile of Local Health Departments : Tobacco Prevention and Control
In 2010, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) surveyed local health departments (LHSs) across the nation to provide a comprehensive picture of LHD structures, workforce, financing, governance, activities, and services.
Overview of Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategies for Local Health Departments
This issue brief discusses the five components of a comprehensive tobacco control program and provides examples of how local health departments (LHDs) have practiced effective tobacco control strategies. The brief describes each of the five components in detail (community interventions; health communication interventions; cessation interventions; program administration and management; and surveillance and evaluation) and illustrates them with an LHD success story.
Tools
CDC's CHANGE Tool - Healthy Communities Program
The CHANGE tool helps community teams (such as coalitions) develop their community action plan. This tool walks community team members through the assessment process and helps define and prioritize possible areas of improvement. Check out the Spanish CHANGE Tool Resources.
Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit
Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership for Healthy Communities program, this toolkit provides targeted strategies, stakeholders, policy and program options, directions on how to start programs, resources that can help inform the process, and examples of how other states and localities have achieved progress.
Regulated Flavored Tobacco Products (Tips and Tools)
Pointers that communities and policy makers might want to consider in drafting and implementing policies that regulate flavored tobacco products.
Sample Quitline Fax Referral Form
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium's Tobacco Pricing Strategies Toolkit
Newly updated in July 2011, TTAC's Tobacco Pricing Strategies Toolkit contains a collection of tools that will provide practical support in strengthening tobacco-related pricing policy. The pricing strategies website now includes new resources from successful state campaigns, a print-friendly version of the toolkit, and updated tobacco pricing data throughout.
Webinars
Preemption and Public Health
NPLAN, in collaboration with the Public Health Law Center, hosted a webinar to train public health professionals on preemption concepts. NPLAN has developed several resources that provide public health professionals with the basics of preemption.
