General
Linda Aragon, MPH
Director

Anne Chan
Secretary

Main Office
Phone: 213-351-7890
FAX: 213-351-2710
Email: tobacco1@ph.lacounty.gov
3530 Wilshire Blvd. 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2313
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Smoking Complaints
Please call 213-351-7890.

NOTE: TCPP can only address smoking violations in Los Angeles County. If the violation occurred outside of Los Angeles County you can browse our links page or contact your local health department for more information.

The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health is soliciting proposals from community organizations or agencies to utilize the phase-based policy campaign model for organizing activities involved in the passage of initiatives throughout Los Angeles County.

New - ADDENDUM NUMBER 2 TO THE TOBACCO CONTROL AND PREVENTION PROGRAM'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR TOBACCO CONTROL AND PREVENTION SERVICES: COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (posted February 3, 2010): click here for a copy of the addendum

Proposers' Conference presentation: Tobacco Control and Prevention Services: Community-Based Interventions in Los Angeles County RFP # 2010-001 (posted January 19, 2010): click here for a copy of the presentation

ADDENDUM NUMBER 1 TO THE TOBACCO CONTROL AND PREVENTION PROGRAM’S REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR TOBACCO CONTROL AND PREVENTION SERVICES: COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (posted January 14, 2010): click here for a copy of the addendum

Electronic copies of the RFP may be downloaded directly through the internet at the LA County Online web site by clicking here (select "List by Department" on the left side menu and then select "Public Health Program and Services" from the drop down menu), or at the Tobacco Control and Prevention Program web site by clicking here

Questions: contact: Luz Chavez, Unit Chief, Contract Monitoring and Management at: luchavez@ph.lacounty.gov

The RFP response submission deadline is 12:00 noon PST on February 8, 2010

Thinking about quitting smoking, or need support to try it again? Now is the time to make a quit smoking attempt. The Los Angeles County Department Of Public Health, Ralphs, and L.A. Care Health Plan are working together to give away FREE two-week starter kits of nicotine patches and nicotine gum!

FREE nicotine patches and gum are available at all LA County Ralphs Pharmacies until supplies last. To find a participating Ralphs Pharmacy near you, please visit http://LAQuits.com.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted the Tobacco Retail License ordinance on December 18, 2007 to encourage responsible tobacco retailing and to discourage violations of federal, state and local tobacco-related laws, especially those that prohibit the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors in the unincorporated areas of the County. The license fee will fund education, enforcement and administration of the County's tobacco retail license program.

Pursuant to Title 11 (Health and Safety) of the Los Angeles County Code Chapter 11.35 (Tobacco Retailing), any person intending to act as a tobacco retailer in the unincorporated areas of the County shall, effective April 16, 2008, pay a fee to obtain a tobacco retail license for each location at which tobacco retailing is to occur.

Do I need to obtain a license and other frequently asked questions? Click here for a FAQ

Additional information? Call the Tobacco Retail License hotline at 213-351-7317

The next meeting of the Coalition is Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the California Endowment's Center for Health Communities from 9:30 am -12 pm. For a map of the meeting location click here. Free parking is provided.

The mission of the Coalition is to empower and mobilize communities to reduce tobacco-related death and disease throughout Los Angeles County. The goals of the Coalition are to advocate for progressive tobacco control issues, policies, and actions within Los Angeles County; to mobilize the talents and resources of individuals, groups, and agencies to create a critical mass for promoting tobacco control efforts and strategies; to demonstrate widespread public support for tobacco control issues and actions, and address unmet needs; to collaborate with, advise and support the Tobacco Control and Prevention Program (TCPP) and to assist on high priority issues/projects; and to act as a spokesgroup regarding tobacco control issues within the community.

All residents and organizations within Los Angeles County and its surrounding areas that share the Coalition mission and goals are invited to attend and contribute.

Learn more by clicking here.

The vision of the L.A. County Tobacco Control and Prevention Program (TCPP) is a smoke-free Los Angeles county. In over 15 years since the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health's Tobacco Control and Prevention Program was first funded by the California Department of Public Health's /Tobacco Control Program through Proposition 99, the California Tobacco Tax Initiative, many advances in the fight against tobacco have been made in Los Angeles County. The mission of TCPP is to reduce tobacco-related death, disease, and disability in Los Angeles County. To this end TCPP works closely with community-based organizations and coalitions, health advocates and other health providers to provide tobacco prevention, education, policy, cessation, and media services throughout the County of Los Angeles. The goals of TCPP are: 1) to decrease secondhand smoke, 2) to reduce tobacco availability, 3) to counter pro-tobacco influences and 4) to provide tobacco cessation. TCPP does this by using a comprehensive "social norm" change model.

Learn more about TCPP and the "social norm change" approach to tobacco control.

Within the last several years, the adult smoking rate has decreased 2.5%, the youth smoking rate had been reduced 12.1%, nearly every Angeleno worker enjoys a smoke-free workplace, compliance with no smoking in bars and restaurants is over 90%, and tobacco companies have been prohibited from using cartoons to advertise cigarettes. However, even with these profound changes, there is much that still needs to be done.

Learn more about TCPP and smoking trends in Los Angeles County.