1. Target Tobacco Coalition
New Directions

2. 4 Goal Areas
1. Preventing Tobacco Initiation Among Youth and Young Adults;
2. Promoting quitting among adults and youth;
3. Eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke;
4. Identifying and eliminating tobacco-related disparities.

3. Five Integral Components For Successful Tobacco Control:
Engaging in Policy Work: Smoke Free Law, Tobacco Free Schools, workplace policies, tobacco tax.
Collaborating with the Community: Target Tobacco Coalition
Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities: 10 identified disparate populations
Implementing an Effective Infrastructure: State and local programs
Advancing the Knowledge Base: integrated with all other components

4. Organizational Roles
Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TEPP) Montezuma County Public Health
Educational and resource distribution program
Target Tobacco Coalition
A project of TEPP formed of partner agencies and community members to advance the goals and policy initiatives of TEPP and the State Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (STEPP)

5. Budget Realities
CDC Recommended Annual Total funding levels for Colorado State Tobacco Control Programs, $54.4 million.
State Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (STEPP) Funding in 2008 $24 million, 44% of recommended levels.
as of September 2009 = $9 million This is 17% of the recommended funding levels.

6. Percent tobacco revenue to fund at CDC recommended level is 18%
Deaths in Colorado caused by smoking:
Annual average smoking-attributable deaths 4,300
Youth ages 0-17 projected to die from smoking 92,000
Annual Costs Incurred in Colorado from Smoking
Total medical $1,314 million
Medicaid/medicare $319 million
Lost productivity from premature death $992 million
State Revenue from Tobacco Excise Taxes and Settlement
FY 2006-tobacco tax revenue $229.2 million
FY2006 tobacco settlement payment $80.0 million
Total tobacco state revenue from taxes and MSA funds $309.1 million

7. Local TEPP Budget Changes

8. Goal Areas
Youth Access Policy: To work with coalition partners to develop local policy that reduces youth access to tobacco.
Colorado Chew Tobacco Collaborative Initiative: Dove Creek and Cortez, Cindy take the lead.
Engage CO communities in a CBPR data collection process that will begin to identify community concerns related to chew tobacco and increase community readiness to address chew tobacco issues locally

9. TEPP Projects
Meet with up to 8 agencies for educational presentation to staff and/or clients. Spread the word?
What are some agencies?
Set up a blog and maybe Facebook to distribute local and national updates archive studies, fact sheets etc.
Keep column in Horizons.

10. Coalition Projects Youth Access Policy, 1-3 years
Help determine components of policy;
Become knowledgeable about the “whats” and the “whys” ;
Work with Youth Leadership Council to move project forward.
Help determine the direction,decision makers, and spheres of influence;
Be advocates for the policy in the community.

11. Julia Hesse
106 W. North St.
Cortez, CO
(970) ext 233