Funding Opportunities

Community Grant Cycle 2

The Community Grant-Cycle 2 application will be completed online. View the Community Grant Cycle 2 application information.

Support for Local Tobacco Control Policy Change

These funds support short-term activities conducted by an organization and their partners to advance policy change at the local level. View the RFA.

See closed Requests for Applications on the RFA Archive page.

Grantees

Organization	Amount	Date
Columbia/Boone County Health Dept.	$51,899	2008
Univ. of Missouri	$1,999,997	2008
Barton County Memorial Hospital	$85,093	2008
Lawrence County Health Department	$38,630	2008

Links and Resources

CTPR

The Center for Tobacco Policy Research at Washington University in St. Louis seeks to:

Conduct rigorous research and evaluation that is relevant and useful to tobacco control professionals and policy-makers.

Establish effective and collaborative relationships with national, state, and local tobacco control partners.

Please click on the links below for additional information:
CTPR Newsletters
CTPR Reports

MFH Resource Directory

View the MFH Tobacco Prevention Resource Directory

Quit Smoking Now!
The following links provide smoking cessation information:

Missouri Tobacco Quitline

Missouri Tobacco Use Prevention Program

Quitting Smoking - American Heart Association

Kick the Habit - American Cancer Society

Quitter in You - American Lung Association

SmokeFree.gov- National Cancer Institute

Smoking and Tobacco Use - Center for Disease Control

Become an Ex - Become an Ex.org

For More Information

For more information on the MFH Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Initiative, contact:

Matthew Kuhlenbeck
Program Officer
314.345.5541
mkuhlenbeck@mffh.org

Michael Renner
Program Officer
314.345.5533
mrenner@mffh.org

Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Initiative

Tobacco Prevention

Missouri ranks 2^nd to last in state funding of tobacco control programs.

Missouri ranks 49^th in tobacco excise tax – 17 cents/pack compared to national average of $1.17.

Missouri has one of the highest smoking rates in the nation; more than 24% of adults smoke compared to 20% nationally

The state’s lung cancer death rate still remains high despite a significant decrease in the national rate.

Tobacco Prevention Information

NEWS & MEDIA

RFA: Apply online for the TPCI Community Grant - Cycle 2.

READ: Help is available for quitting smoking (from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/stltoday.com, Novemeber 7, 2009)

WATCH: MFH's Matt Kuhlenbeck speaks with KTVI Fox 2 about the Become an Ex campaign

Chaffee High School student wins T-shirt design contest for Teens Against Tobacco Use

PUBLICATIONS

New ALA report finds states aren't doing enough to help smokers quit

2007 County-Level Study of Adult Tobacco Use and Related Chronic Conditions and Practices

Read the new MFH report that identifies significant tobacco-related disparities in Missouri’s LGBTQ community.

See profiles of all Missouri counties

HISTORY

The MFH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative (TPCI) began in 2004 as a nine-year, multi-phase program that includes grantmaking, policy, capacity building, evaluation and communication activities. MFH took a comprehensive approach to tobacco use when developing TPCI in order to assure integration of all aspects of prevention and cessation.

History of Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative This model for comprehensive tobacco prevention is based on the under standing that behavior change requires awareness, education, and policy and environmental changes. Comprehensive tobacco control programs are proven to significantly reduce smoking, which in turn reduces morbidity, mortality and health care costs.

Throughout the development of this initiative, MFH met with representatives from the Missouri Statewide Tobacco Steering Committee to review the key components and needs of the Missouri Comprehensive Tobacco Use Prevention Program. The guiding principles, strategies and objectives from the statewide plan were utilized to form the basis for the MFH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative.