The Texas To***co Prevention and Control Program funds community coalitions to implement comprehensive to***co control efforts using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention best practices and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s Strategic Prevention. The purpose of the TPCCs is to prevent and reduce to***co use in communities across Texas. The coalitions use evidence-based
and coordinated community-level strategies to:
-Provide education to youth and adults on the dangers of to***co and ni****ne products.
-Promote cessation programs and services.
-Promote smoke-free environments.
-Recruit youth to participate in statewide to***co prevention youth programs.
-Develop and maintain coalition capacity to support sustainable to***co prevention and control work. TPCCs are comprised of parents, teachers, youth, law enforcement, businesses, religious leaders, healthcare providers, and other community members who are working at the local level to make their communities safer, healthier, to***co free, and smoke-free.
