Tobacco Control & Prevention Program (TCP)
MCCN has worked with the Tobacco Control and Prevention Program (TCP) to improve the health of San Fernando Valley residents by promoting smoke-free environments and tobacco free lifestyles.
In 2004 MCCN was awarded $50,000, to assess and establish smoking policies in appartment complexes.TCP supports the three priority areas of the California State Tobacco Control Section which are:
- Protect people from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke
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- Reveal and counter tobacco industry influences
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- Reduce youth access to tobacco products
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These priority areas are supported through the following strategies:
- Support of community coalitions so that there is a comprehensive approach designed to change social norms with respect and recognition of the ethnic, cultural and gender issues that surround tobacco prevention
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- Identify and contract with community based agencies to conduct education, community mobilization and health policy work
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- Build additional capacity in community resources, recognizing that change in the social environment of tobacco use in local communities, must come from the grassroots level up, not mandated from the top.
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- Build on existing programs, deepen involvement of community organizations, and promote availability of tangible tobacco control services to the public at large.
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- Increase the public's awareness of the ill effects of tobacco use, to motivate youth not to start smoking and adults to stop, and to ensure that tobacco cessation services are accessible to those who want to quit.
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