Tobacco Prevention and Control-Related Public Health Law Technical Assistance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) provides funding and support for the National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP). The goals of OSH and the NTCP are to use evidence-based policies, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes to prevent initiation among youth; reduce exposure to secondhand smoke; promote quitting among adults and youth, and identify and eliminate tobacco-related disparities. This funding opportunity will ensure NTCP recipients and their partners have access to specific, timely technical assistance from highly knowledgeable public health law experts in order to implement the strategies proven to reduce morbidity and mortality due to tobacco use. An awareness of public health law can 1) inform NTCP recipients and their partners as they identify, develop, and implement evidence-based PSE changes; and 2) provide technical assistance on public health law as it relates to tobacco control is crucial for achieving program goals. This funding opportunity builds on the successes of CDC-RFA-DP16-1610, Tobacco Prevention and Control Related Public Health Law Technical Assistance. National access to technical assistance also assures that all programs, regardless of geographic location or organizational resources, have tailored, tobacco control-specific expertise available to support their efforts. Note: Public health law technical assistance should not be construed as legal advice and does NOT replace an NTCP recipient or partner organization's own counsel or legal advice.