Background
Guiding Principles of the NTCC
NTCC Tobacco Cessation Priorities for the Nation
Members
NTCC Publications
Contact
Background
The National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (NTCC) was formed in June 2005 to improve the public's health by increasing successful cessation among tobacco users in the U.S. and Canada through collaborative efforts of committed organizations. Collaborative members represent major organizations that fund research, program, and policy initiatives related to tobacco cessation, as well as other organizations with a vested interest in tobacco cessation.
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Guiding Principles of the National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (NTCC)
All activities undertaken by this collaborative will follow seven guiding principles:
- All activities will be based on the best scientific evidence currently available.
- Coordinated efforts will be needed to make the largest impact.
- Multiple parties (public and private) will need to collaborate to make progress.
- Increasing tobacco cessation will require eliminating barriers and facilitating changes.
- The best available dissemination techniques should be used to successfully implement key strategies.
- Implementation must be evaluated.
- Research to identify more effective tobacco-use cessation interventions, and methods for disseminating them, should be supported.
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NTCC Tobacco Cessation Priorities for the Nation
To develop a new vision for the
National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative, the NTCC funders met
and identified long term, overarching priorities around tobacco
cessation. The priorities and major strategies for addressing
tobacco cessation were introduced as the NTCC Tobacco Cessation
Priorities for the Nation. Click on each priority below for more
information about the priority, NTCC's role in that priority and
partner activities.
1. Increase consumer demand for evidence-based tobacco cessation
treatments and services
2. Link
tobacco control public policy changes to increase cessation and
treatment use and demand
3. Promote
the inclusion and use of tobacco control and cessation content
in electronic health records (EHRs)
4. Increase
national, state and local longitudinal surveillance of tobacco-use
cessation, including quitting motivation and behaviors, treatment
beliefs and use, services, and policies
5. Expand
access to proven, effective treatments for tobacco addiction
6. Support
an expanded research agenda to achieve advances in the reach,
effectiveness and adoption of tobacco cessation interventions
across both individuals and populations
7. Launch
an ongoing, extensive, national paid media campaign on cessation
to help Americans quit using tobacco
8. Support
the increase in the federal and state excise tax on tobacco to
expand assistance for tobacco users who want to quit
9. Build
capacity for quitlines in order to provide universal access to
evidence-based counseling and medications for tobacco cessation
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Members
Collaborative members represent major organizations that fund research, program, and policy initiatives related to tobacco cessation in the United States and Canada, as well as other organizations with a vested interest in tobacco cessation. The collaborative currently includes the following organizations:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Cancer Society
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
American Nurses Association
American Public Health Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Arizona Cancer Center
Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative
C-Change
Cecil G Shep Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention University of Wisconsin
College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Environmental Protection Agency
Health Resources and Services Administration
Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign
Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Legacy
Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change
National Cancer Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Partnership for Smoke-Free Families
North American Quitline Consortium
Partnership for Prevention
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Tobacco Dependence Program at UMDNJ-School of Public Health
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
Membership is open to any organization seeking to increase successful cessation and improve the public's health. Member organizations cannot be involved in activities that are in conflict with improving public health. All members must agree to adhere to the guiding principles of the organization.
Members work together via:
- annual meetings in Washington, DC
- monthly conference calls
- conference calls among organizations working together on specific strategies
- e-mail
To become a member, contact Todd Phillips of the Academy for Educational Development at 202-884-8313 or tphillip@aed.org.
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Contact Information
Interested in learning more about the National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative? You can reach us through the Academy for Educational Development, which is funded by the collaborative to coordinate its activities.
Contact:
Todd Phillips
tphillip@aed.org
(202) 884-8313
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