Tobacco Prevention & Control

Tobacco use can lead to nicotine dependence and serious health problems, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease that often requires repeated intervention and numerous quit attempts. HPC addresses tobacco use in Southeastern Pennsylvania through tobacco cessation services, youth tobacco prevention, tobacco-free policy implementation, and enforcement and merchant education around youth tobacco sale laws and point of sale tobacco advertising.

 

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Creating Healthier Convenience Stores in Southeastern PA

Our Programs

Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project (SEPA TCP)

Since 2007, HPC has been the Southeast Regional Primary Contractor for Pennsylvania's Department of Health's Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Through this program, HPC staff, along with thirteen community-based service providers, work to prevent and reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, and Schuylkill Counties.
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Youth Tobacco Sale Law Enforcement

HPC has conducted youth tobacco sale law enforcement in Philadelphia, Delaware and Lancaster Counties since 1993, and overseen enforcement efforts across Southeastern Pennsylvania since 2006. HPC partners with local and state government representatives, municipalities, communities, local and regional transportation systems, schools, corner stores, and restaurants to ensure the laws regarding the sale of tobacco products are adhered to using appropriate education and enforcement protocols.
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Tobacco Merchant Education

Through funding from the Office of Addiction Services (OAS) and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH), Health Promotion Council provides individual and group-level merchant education to tobacco retailers in Philadelphia who violate youth tobacco sale laws. Working with health literacy experts, we have created and translated a merchant education curriculum and accompanying educational materials to deliver this training.
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