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History
The Louisiana Tobacco Control Program is funded through a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control Office on Smoking and Health (CDC-OSH). The program began receiving funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1993. This is a program within the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals – under the direction of the Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health’s Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Unit.
Mission and Vision
The mission of the Louisiana Tobacco Control Program is to utilize evidence-based strategies in tobacco control surveillance, evaluation, program management, communication, and resource development to advance policies promoting a tobacco-free Louisiana. The vision of the Louisiana Tobacco Control Program is to create a tobacco-free Louisiana by working in statewide partnerships.
Program Goals
- Prevent Initiation of tobacco use among young people
- Eliminate exposure secondhand smoke
- Promote quitting tobacco use among adults and young people
- Identify and eliminate tobacco-related disparities among specific population groups
Intervention Strategies
The program’s interventions are guided by the Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs and include components related to:
Community Interventions - Community Partnership Grants,
Diversity, Youth Programs
Media -
www.LaTobaccoControl.com; www.QuitWithUsLa.org
Cessation Interventions - 1-800 QUIT NOW toll-free quitline & Fax-to-Quit
Referral Program
Surveillance and Evaluation - Youth Tobacco Survey,
Adult Tobacco Survey & BRFSS
Administration/Management - Staff listing below
Contact Information:
Tiffany Netters, Program Manager
(225)342-2664 tnetters@dhh.la.gov
Mark Perry,
Disparities Program Monitor
(225)342-2673 mperry2@dhh.la.gov
Evangelin Daniel,
Cessation Program Monitor
(225)342-9305 beedilla@dhh.la.gov
Jeremy Bridges,
Public Information Officer
(225)342-2654 jbridge1@dhh.la.gov
Tasha Bergeron,
Nurse Consultant
(225)342-7844 tbergeron2@dhh.la.gov
Brandi Bourgeois, Public Health Epidemiologist
(225)342-0057 bfalgous@dhh.la.gov |
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