{"id":9540,"date":"2025-03-01T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/tobacco\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:25:42","slug":"tobacco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/tobacco\/","title":{"rendered":"dpc\/tobacco ~  DPH Healthy Living: Tobacco Prevention and Control Program  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/tobacco.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Delaware Tobacco Prevention and Control Program<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n    \n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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The Delaware <strong>Division of Public Health works to prevent the use of tobacco products through its Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP)<\/strong>. The TPCP collaborates with the IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention Coalition, health care organizations, youth and community groups, educational organizations, grassroots networks, and state agencies. The Tobacco Program offers two programs to help smokers quit, conducts media campaigns, and funds youth-led campaigns and peer-education groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"quitline.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Quit button, link to Quitline page\" class=\"pull-right img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/2_quit.gif\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Quit Smoking Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0 <a href=\"quitline.html\"><strong>Delaware Quitline<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 free counseling for adult smokers<\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0 <a href=\"quit_tips.html\"><strong>Tips for Quitting<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0 <a href=\"cessationlinks.html\"><strong>Links to Additional Cessation Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Prevention<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: youth smoking and parody of cigarette pack\" class=\"pull-right img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/3_youthsmoking.gif\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<a href=\"youthtobaccoprevention.html\"><strong>Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/otp_makeover_brochure.pdf\"><strong>Brochure: <em>Tobacco Had a Makeover and It&#8217;s Just As Ugly<\/em>\u00a0 [PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<a href=\"youthaccess.html\"><strong>Youth Access Law:\u00a0 Information for Tobacco Retailers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddph-healthydelaware.s3.amazonaws.com\/Cart\/The-Five-Year-Plan-for-a-Tobacco-Free-Delaware_%202023%E2%80%932027.pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Making an Impact: the Five-Year Plan for a Tobacco-Free Delaware, 2023-2027\u00a0 [PDF]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><em>New!<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/sheddinglight_tobaccoplan2017.pdf\"><em>Shedding Light on New Threats: the Five-Year Plan for a Tobacco-Free Delaware, 2017-2022<\/em>\u00a0 [PDF]<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Second-Hand Smoke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<a href=\"ciaa_info.html\"><strong>Clean Indoor Air Act<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo showing graph to illustrate data link\" class=\"pull-right img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/5_datalink.gif\"><strong><a href=\"smokefreework.html\">Employer Information About Costs of Work Place Smoking<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Links to Tobacco Use Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<a href=\"brfsurveys.html\"><strong>Behavioral Risk Factor Survey<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdhs.udel.edu\/seow\/school-surveys\/\"><strong>Youth Tobacco Use Data<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 link to University of Delaware Youth Data Page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The TPCP is supported by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and appropriations from the Delaware Health Fund. 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