Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program

is guided by four goals: 1.Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among young people 2. Promoting cessation among young people and adults 3. Eliminating non-smokers exposure to environmental tobacco smokes   4. Identifying and eliminating the disparities related to tobacco and its effects on different population groups.

Programs include: Cooper Clayton, Great American Smoke-out, Kick Butts Day, Life Skills, Quitline, Secondhand Smoke, TEG/TAP, Tobacco Coalitions (Adult & Youth)

The program mission is to reduce preventable and premature deaths attributed to tobacco use by implementing programs to decrease tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke.

Health Educators are strategically housed in each local health departments to mobilize communities toward healthier choices.  Click your county on the map to contact your Health Educator for questions about our programs and services.

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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

• Cooper Clayton Cessation
• Great American Smoke Out
• HOT Conference
• Kick Butts Day
• Life Skills
• Make the Next Generation Smoke-free
• Quitline
• Secondhand Smoke
• TEG-TAP