Discover tobacco control action steps that can be made at different levels of advocacy, from the individual to the global level. Each step is accompanied by reasons for that recommendation, possible ways to take action at that level, and a link to find more information on that topic.
Individual Level Actions
- Maintain tobacco-free environments in your personal life
- Maintain a non-smoking rule in your homes and cars
- Make tobacco-free financial decisions
- Patronize smoke-free restaurants
- Support tobacco control, prevention, and cessation programs and policies
- Advocate for and support Clean Air and Smoke-free Laws
Practice and Workplace Level Actions
- Promote a tobacco-free working environment
- No tobacco use, sales, or advertisement on the property
- Encourage employee quit attempts and provide cessation materials
- Promote tobacco-free lifestyles to patients and families
- Promote access to tobacco cessation and treatment
- Promote prevention of tobacco use
- Promote prevention of secondhand smoke exposure
- Document Exposure
- Document tobacco use/SHS exposure, and code accordingly
Community and State Level Actions
- Hold community meetings to discuss tobacco control topics and actions
- Advocate for proper utilization of tobacco product taxes
- Advocate for tax increases on tobacco products
- Advocate for appropriate use of Master Settlement Agreement funds and funding for state and federal prevention and cessation programs
Federal Level Actions
- Support Food and Drug Administration recommendations about tobacco products
- Report violations of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
- Advocate for smoke-free movies
Global Level Actions
- Support ratification of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by all countries
- Utilize MPOWER Guidelines to assist in the fight to reverse the tobacco epidemic
For more information on these topics, visit the Tobacco Prevention Policy Tool, which covers these actions items and more.
Last Updated
03/23/2021
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics