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Annual Performance Measures
Summary of Oregon's Tobacco Prevention Program
Oregon's Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) was launched in 1997 with a clear and simple mandate — to reduce tobacco-related illness and death. Since its inception, TPEP has been a comprehensive program, addressing the issues of tobacco use by working to:
- Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke
- Counter pro-tobacco influence
- Help people quit
- Eliminate health disparities
These goals reflect the CDC recommendations for effective tobacco-control programs. CDC Best Practices.
Oregon's anti-tobacco efforts are saving lives and money:
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Program Components
Hailed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a national model, Oregon's approach is to achieve tobacco control goals through several program components, each of which reinforces the others. Program areas include:
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