Clearing the Air:

Influencing Tobacco Control and Prevention Policy

Tools

MAPPS Strategies

Media
Access
Point of Purchase/Promotion
Price
Social and Support Services

Communities Putting Prevention to Work is using MAPPS Intervention Strategies in community tobacco plans:

  • Use Media to restrict advertising and employ counter-advertising for tobacco.

  • Limit Access to reduce the availability of tobacco.

  • Use of Point of decision labeling/ signage/ placement to discourage consumption of tobacco,

  • Use Price to discourage consumption of tobacco

  • Use Social support/services to promote tobacco cessation,

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Building Coalitions

Recorded Webinar: Coalition Building: Creating and Maintaining Effective Partnerships
from March 9, 2011

Requesting CECHs for CHES
Event Evaluation Form

SOPHE has developed five easy to use fact sheets on the process of building a coalition. 

Coalition Guide 1 - Before You Build Your Coalition
Coalition Guide 2 - Formation
Coalition Guide 3 - Implementation
Coalition Guide 4 - Maintenance
Coalition Guide 5 - Institutionalization

Developing a Sustainability Plan
Sustainability Planning Guide for Healthy Communities
This Guide provides the science- and practice-based evidence designed to help communities, community leaders, and other public health professionals develop a sustainability plan and learn key sustainability approaches. 

Developing Tobacco Policies

American Academy of Pediatrics offers an online Tobacco Prevention Policy Tool.

Engaging Communities

ATSDR/CDC: Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd Edition.  This new edition provides both a science base and practical guidance for engaging partners in projects that may affect them.