Abstract: Tobacco Control Program Planning

Learning objectives

On completion of this learning resource, students should be able to:

• Perform a situational analysis of a community towards planning tobacco control;
• Identify stakeholders interested in tobacco control at the local level and analyze how they can contribute to planning of tobacco control;
• Plan group education about tobacco-related diseases towards motivating community members to actively participate in tobacco control planning;
• Develop a concept map of the determinants of tobacco consumption and appreciate that these are addressed by current national and state evidence-based strategies;
• Plan the key aspects of further data collection necessary for tobacco control program planning.