Tobacco Prevention and Control

Building healthy, tobacco-free communities

NACDD is dedicated to supporting tobacco use, prevention, and control efforts across states and territories to reduce tobacco-related health outcomes.

Tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease, and lung disease.

NACDD collaborates with State and Territorial Health Departments to implement evidence-based and promising practice-based strategies to reduce tobacco use and promote smoke-free living environments for all individuals. Learn more about NACDD’s current tobacco-related initiatives:

Note: When NACDD refers to tobacco on this web page, we are referring to the use of commercial tobacco products and not the sacred and traditional use of tobacco by some American Indian communities.

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More than 16 million Americans live with a disease caused by smoking

Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease, death, and disability in the United States. Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body.
Cigarette smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of people who smoke.

NACDD’s Disability Network Year 1 Efforts

The Disability Network works to advance the prevention of commercial tobacco use and cancer in populations experiencing tobacco- and cancer-related health impacts with a focus on people with disabilities including U.S. veterans.

NACDD is proud to highlight the accomplishments of the Disability Network in its first year including the recruitment of 10 national organizations to its advisory board and the engagement of participants from six states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) in a community of practice (CoP). These efforts aim to drive policy, systems, and environmental changes that enhance the lives of people with disabilities.

National Partners Acting for Impact

Together with our partners, we are defining best practices and evidence-based interventions for public health practitioners to prevent tobacco-related health effects.

Ability Montana

Accessible Pharmacy

AllianceChicago

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Cancer Society

American Lung Association

Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Health Care Strategies

GO2 for Lung Cancer

Illinois Department of Health

Independent Disability Self-Advocates