Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch

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Welcome to the North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch web site. Advocates and professionals will find information about evidence-based ways to reduce the toll of tobacco use on NC communities and to promote tobacco-free living. There is also information for anyone who is trying to quit using tobacco in the Quitting Tobacco section.

Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of death and disease in the United States and North Carolina. The good news is WE KNOW WHAT WORKS and we are making steady progress in North Carolina and the nation. We work on this complex public health problem by building support for proven strategies to:

þ Prevent the initiation of smoking and other tobacco use
þ Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke
þ Help tobacco-users quit; and
þ Identify and eliminate tobacco-related health disparities among NC populations and communities

House Bill 24 signed into law!

In effect on January 1, 2008, this new NC statute will ban smoking inside all state government buildings and allow NC local governments to do the same, if they choose. Read more...

HB 24 Resource for Local Government

North Carolina Helping Each N.C. Tobacco User to “Become An Ex”

The N.C. Division of Public Health has joined the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation (NATC) in participating in “Become an EX,” a campaign to help adult smokers think about their smoking triggers and consider making a quit attempt. The media campaign draws tobacco users to an interactive, edgy website, becomeanex.org (link opens in new window), that allows smokers to explore their smoking triggers, sign up for a customized quit plan and sign up for social networking online support.

More than 900 North Carolinians registered for help quitting during the first month of the campaign.

SmokeFreeNC.org Collects Stories on Secondhand Smoke

The N.C. Alliance for Health has launched a new website to support smoke-free policy in our state. One feature of the site is the “Share Your Story” section, which will allow state residents to share their stories about secondhand smoke exposures and policies. Real stories from real North Carolina people are meant to make the statistics around secondhand smoke come alive.

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