Purpose of Project

Facilitate the advancement of the tobacco control movement in Garfield County.

Educate and train community partners about prevention and cessation programs and policies.

Programs and services are based on nationally accepted, evidence-based best practices. The project works in collaboration with the State Tobacco Education Prevention Partnership of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Centers for Disease Control.

Project Goals

Prevent youth from starting to use tobacco

Help people who use tobacco to quit

Assist in the reduction of and protection from secondhand smoke

Reduce tobacco use among groups that have higher tobacco use rates than the general population 

For more information about the Tobacco Prevention Project

Contact Missy Ivy, Tobacco Prevention Project Coordinator

mivy@garfield-county.com

(970) 945-6614 ext 1007