EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

GOAL II: PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Texans will have up-to-date knowledge, resources, and skills pertaining to spit tobacco prevention and cessation.
(note: evaluation activities are included in Goal I)


Objective A: Increase the knowledge, enhance the skills, and improve the practices of public and community educators regarding spit tobacco education, prevention, and cessation.

Strategy 1: Increase the availability and accessibility of affordable educational offerings for public and community educators which are designed to address spit tobacco education, epidemiology, health effects, user identification, risk groups, and prevention and cessation strategies and services.

Strategy 2: Implement a train-the-trainer initiative for public and community educators to disseminate spit tobacco prevention and cessation education to youth and adult influencers.

Strategy 3: Reduce spit tobacco use among public and community educators to improve their effectiveness as adult influencers in providing quality prevention and cessation education and services.


Objective B: Facilitate the distribution of spit tobacco prevention and cessation information.

Strategy 1: Utilize media resources to educate Texans about the dangers of spit tobacco use and to minimize the influence of spit tobacco advertising.

Strategy 2: Increase the availability and accessibility of affordable educational offerings for Texans which incorporate the efforts of trained health care professionals and public and community educators.








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