1.5: Tobacco Use
Reduce tobacco use, especially among youth Other Information:
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective - Develop and disseminate educational materials for youth, parents, schools, and sports
officials to educate against tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. - Incorporate anti-tobacco education messages
into Department programs that target youth. - Promote the adoption of evidence-based guidelines on the treatment of tobacco
dependence by health providers. - Help states, tribes, schools, local governments, and anti-tobacco organizations develop
tobacco control programs through financial and technical assistance. - Participate in negotiations around the Framework Convention
on Tobacco Control and provide technical assistance to international tobacco education and prevention programs. - Conduct
research to understand addiction to tobacco and develop new biomedical and behavioral interventions to prevent and stop its
use. - Disseminate research findings and provide technical assistance to help states implement the Synar Amendment, which
requires states to conduct random inspections of tobacco vendors to assess their compliance with state tobacco access laws.
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