Advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy resources are intended to assist Regional Pennsylvania Tobacco-Free Coalition (RPTFC) members and residents with tobacco control advocacy and public policy throughout Pennsylvania. The RPTFC partners with the Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT) to ensure that we have the resources needed to advocate for tobacco control issues.
Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT)
The Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT), under the American Lung Association in Pennsylvania, is a statewide coalition that educates the public and elected officials about clean indoor air, tobacco taxes, and other critical tobacco control issues. PACT is primarily funded by a grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Members of PACT include tobacco control advocates, healthcare professionals, government agencies, community leaders, business owners, and the general public. Visit PACT’s website for additional information: www.pactonline.org
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Tobacco Resistance Unit (TRU)
The Tobacco Resistance Unit (TRU) is a movement throughout all of Pennsylvania to help youth, ages 12 to 18, stay tobacco-free. It’s time that young Pennsylvanians get serious about exposing BIG TOBACCO and its marketing lies. TRU aims to prevent and stop youth tobacco use through education. TRU is funded by a grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A statewide movement, TRU is managed by the Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT) and the American Lung Association in Pennsylvania. Visit TRU to see how teens can get involved and truly make a difference.
Advocacy Resources
PA Alliance to Control Tobacco
Additional Resources
- Visit the American Lung Association’s website
- Visit the American Lung Association’s website
- Learn more about the CDC
- Visit the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products
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Health Needs 2020 Assessment Reports – Regional Profiles
Facilitators are able to access a catalog of all print literature that is available, view pricing and place an order for FFS materials through our new print store. Please submit prior to the start of your clinic, preferable two full weeks before.
- Learn more about data reports and resources from Pennsylvania’s Department of Health
- Visit the CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers
- Learn more about the Tobacco Free Kids Campaign
Read the announcement concerning a new, national anti-vaping curriculum providing youth with facts about e-cigarettes and resources to quit, called Vaping: Know the Truth.
Vaping: Know the Truth will help guide teachers and empower teens who vape to quit, or to never start in the first place. The curriculum will be available to schools across the country.
- Vaping: Know the Truth Flyer
Describes vaping prevention and resources to quit. - This is Quitting Flyer
A free, anonymous, text message, quit vaping program from truth®. Partnership opportunities to customize This is Quitting with your tobacco-control programs are available.
3001 Gettysburg Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(p) 717-971-1134
(f) 888-415-5757
This project is funded by a grant through
the PA Department of Health.
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