Tobacco Prevention

The Tribal Health Tobacco Education Specialist goals are to prevent tobacco use among youth and promote quitting among adult users.

Key Features of effective community-based programs include:

• Building community level capacity for tobacco prevention work;
• Preventing local youth from beginning a lifetime of addiction to tobacco products;
• Promoting quitting among adults and young people;
• Eliminating exposure to the hazardous effects of secondhand smoke and actively supporting the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act of 2005; and 
• Eliminating disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among certain population groups such as women of childbearing age, American Indians, and low-income residents.