Welcome to the County of Los Angeles Tobacco Control and Prevention Program

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FAQ

Deaths from smoking around the world will soon outnumber those from AIDS, TB, traffic accidents, murder, and suicide combined (Macksood, et. al., 1999).

Welcome to TCPP!

LA County Tobacco Retail License

	The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted the Tobacco Retail License ordinance on December 18, 2007 to encourage responsible tobacco retailing and to discourage violations of federal, state and local tobacco-related laws, especially those that prohibit the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors in the unincorporated areas of the County. The license fee will fund education, enforcement and administration of the County's tobacco retail license program.
	Pursuant to Title 11 (Health and Safety) of the Los Angeles County Code Chapter 11.35 (Tobacco Retailing), any person intending to act as a tobacco retailer in the unincorporated areas of the County shall, effective April 16, 2008, pay a fee to obtain a tobacco retail license for each location at which tobacco retailing is to occur.
	Do I need to obtain a license and other frequently asked questions? Click here for a FAQ
	Additional information? Call the Tobacco Retail License hotline at 213-351-7317

It's Quitting Time L.A.!


	Quitting smoking isn't easy, but it's one of the best things you can do for yourself and your loved ones. Visit LAQuits.com for resources that can help you quit. Get help quitting smoking by clicking here!
	While the number of people who smoke in Los Angeles is at an all time low, there are still more than 1 million smokers in the County. Learn more about the problem of smoking in Los Angeles County by clicking here!
	Los Angeles County has joined with more than 75 organizations representing public health, doctors, nurses, dentists, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies and retail outlets—all in the effort to help Angelinos quit smoking. Learn about their latest activities by clicking here!

Get Involved!


	The next meeting of the Coalition is Thursday, June 19, 2008 at the California Endowment's Center for Health Communities from 9:30 am -12 pm. Continental breakfast will be served. For a map of the meeting location click here. Free parking is provided.
	The mission of the Coalition is to empower and mobilize communities to reduce tobacco-related death and disease throughout Los Angeles County . The goals of the Coalition are to advocate for progressive tobacco control issues, policies, and actions within Los Angeles County ; to mobilize the talents and resources of individuals, groups, and agencies to create a critical mass for promoting tobacco control efforts and strategies; to demonstrate widespread public support for tobacco control issues and actions, and address unmet needs; to collaborate with, advise and support the Tobacco Control and Prevention Program (TCPP) and to assist on high priority issues/projects; and to act as a spokesgroup regarding tobacco control issues within the community. All residents and organizations within Los Angeles County and its surrounding areas that share the Coalition mission and goals are invited to attend and contribute.
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TCPP's VISION

The vision of the L.A. County Tobacco Control and Prevention Program (TCPP) is a smoke-free Los Angeles county. In over 15 years since the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health's Tobacco Control and Prevention Program was first funded by the California Department of Public Health's /Tobacco Control Section through Proposition 99, the California Tobacco Tax Initiative, many advances in the fight against tobacco have been made in Los Angeles County.

Within the last several years, the adult smoking rate has decreased 2.5%, the youth smoking rate had been reduced 12.1%, nearly every Angeleno worker enjoys a smoke-free workplace, compliance with no smoking in bars and restaurants is over 90%, and tobacco companies have been prohibited from using cartoons to advertise cigarettes. However, even with these profound changes, there is much that still needs to be done.

Learn more about TCPP and smoking trends in Los Angeles County.

TCPP's MISSION

The mission of TCPP is to reduce tobacco-related death, disease, and disability in Los Angeles County. To this end TCPP works closely with community-based organizations and coalitions, health advocates and other health providers to provide tobacco prevention, education, policy, cessation, and media services throughout the County of Los Angeles.

TCPP's GOALS

The goals of TCPP are: 1) to decrease secondhand smoke, 2) to reduce tobacco availability, 3) to counter pro-tobacco influences and 4) to provide tobacco cessation. TCPP does this by using a comprehensive "social norm" change model.

Learn more about TCPP and the "social norm change " approach to tobacco control.

Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health

Tobacco Control and Prevention Program

3530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800

Los Angeles, CA 90010

Tel: (213) 351-7890 FAX: (213) 351-2710

tob@dhs.co.la.ca.us

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