Fund comprehensive tobacco control programs at CDC-recommended levels.
Enact 100 percent smoke-free indoor air policies that include workplaces, restaurants, and bars.
Increase the price of all tobacco and nicotine products.
Implement hard-hitting media campaigns that raise public awareness of the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke and vape exposure.
Use the World Health Organization's MPOWER strategies to prevent and reduce tobacco use and to make tobacco products less accessible, affordable, attractive and accepted:
M = Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies.
P = Protect people from tobacco smoke.
O = Offer help to quit.
W = Warn about the dangers of tobacco use.
E = Enforce restrictions on tobacco advertising.
R = Raise taxes on tobacco.
Parents and people who don’t smoke can:
Make your home and vehicles smoke- and vape-free.
Not start, if you aren't already using tobacco.
Quit if you smoke or vape.
Children of parents who smoke are twice as likely to begin smoking.
Teach children about the health risks of smoking and vaping and secondhand smoke and vape.
Encourage friends, family, and co-workers to quit.
Health care providers can:
Ask their patients if they use tobacco or nicotine.
Never sell any tobacco product to customers younger than 21. Check the photo ID of any customer trying to buy tobacco products who appears to be 26 or younger.