The mission of the African Communities Public Health Coalition (ACPHC) is to improve personal and community health and wellness within the African community by: increasing the availability of culturally-relevant physical and mental health services; providing education to reduce the stigma of physical and mental illness among African people; and facilitating social justice through advocacy.

American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation’s mission is to promote smokefree air through prevention education programs, information dissemination, technical assistance, training, and lobbying. The foundation has decades of experience, and specializes in how to prepare for tobacco industry interference, build support locally, and pass effective smokefree laws.

Anti-Vaping Champions at UCLA is a group of medical and behavioral health care providers, public health professionals, educators and students, and community advocates taking a stance on the vaping epidemic through 3 initiatives:

1. Making a statewide impact in the creation and adoption of vaping-related policies

2. Testing improved processes in the clinical treatment of vaping and nicotine addiction

3. Developing cutting-edge educational curricula

As the local clean air and healthy lungs leader, Breathe California of the Bay Area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. We envision a world that promotes healthy lungs and a healthy environment. We believe in leadership through passion, integrity, excellence, accountability, and fiscal/social responsibility.​​

Breathe California Sacramento Region is a non-profit organization located in the heart of Sacramento, CA. Their mission is to create clean air and healthy lungs for all of the Sacramento Region. They focus on wildfire-related air quality monitoring and responses, clean transportation availability, access and equity, tobacco control through youth engagement and local policy development, air quality improvement through food waste recycling, and more! Breathe strives to create a tobacco-free future and healthy air quality for generations to come.

Cigarette Butt Polution Project is a ground-breaking partnership between public health and environmental advocacy groups. They advocate for effective butt-free policies by encouraging community dialogue, conduct research into the toxicity of tobacco waste and the economics of cleaning up cigarette waste, and provide expert assistance to governments, communities, organizations and individuals seeking to reduce the environmental burden of cigarette butt waste.

The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Imperial County is dedicated to preventing access and exposure to tobacco smoke and tobacco products through education and policy change.

Comite Civico del Valle, Inc. (CCV) was founded on the principle that “Informed People Build Healthy Communities” and continues to incorporate this in all partnerships, research, and civic engagement taken by their organization. CCV operates with the endeavor of improving the lives of disadvantaged communities; informing, educating, and engaging the community’s civic participation.

Our mission is to mobilize communities to create safe and healthy neighborhoods through research, education, advocacy, and service. Our prevention strategies aim to change community conditions, standards, institutions, systems, and policies. Safe and healthy neighborhoods are places where decision-makers favor public health over the influence of big-tobacco, the marijuana industry and alcohol promotions; a place where youth are valued, and families thrive.

The Compadres for Tobacco-Free Los Angeles County is a Los Angeles County Office of Education project funded by the California Tobacco Control Program with a goal to eliminate tobacco-related disparities and increase health equity among the Hispanic/Latinx priority population in Los Angeles County through a regional approach. The mission is to empower the Latinx community towards improving its health by offering resources and sharing information to create thriving smoke-free and tobacco-free schools, clinics, and neighborhoods.

The vision of First 5 Yuba County is that children are healthy and thriving in safe and nurturing environments and ready to succeed in their educational experiences. First 5 Yuba County improves health outcomes for children and their families in rural California by helping reduce second- and thirdhand smoke exposure. First 5 Yuba provides educational sessions to families and various cross-sector agencies on the negative health effects of second- and thirdhand smoke and provides linkages to cessation resources and community supports for other social determinants of health. First 5 Yuba County also works one on one with healthcare systems and family-serving agencies to implement an enhanced system of care for tobacco users or patients who are exposed to second- and thirdhand smoke, including comprehensive tobacco screening, education, and cessation protocols.

The Halpern-Felsher REACH (Research and Education to Empower Adolescents and Young Adults to Choose Health) Lab’s mission is to empower and promote adolescent and young adult health through collaborative research, education, and policy. The REACH Lab is home to the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, an evidence-based curriculum and resource used to prevent youth from using tobacco and nicotine.

The Kansas Tobacco Use Prevention Program provides resources and assistance to state and local partners for development, enhancement and evaluation of state and local initiatives to prevent death and disease from tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure.

The program focuses on four priority areas: 1) Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among young people, 2) Promoting quitting among tobacco users of all ages, 3) Eliminating nonsmokers’ exposure to secondhand smoke, and 4) Identifying and eliminating disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among different population groups

The LEAD project believes passionately in advocating for health equity and environmental justice for low-income people, and in communities of color. They do so by: pushing back against targeted tobacco product pricing, growing community advocates from local youth, and developing non-traditional partnerships with city planners. They know that innovative approaches to achieving health equity, like addressing tobacco use in the city planning process and collaborating with Black Students Unions, will help us to uplift our North State communities. LEAD is a project of the California Health Collaborative.

Live Smoke Free is a non-profit program of the Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota (ANSR) that promotes smoke-free policies in apartment buildings, condominiums, and other forms of housing. We educate building owners, managers, local policy makers, residents, and housing industry professionals about the benefits of smoke-free multi-housing.

The mission of Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC) is to gather, understand and promote the thoughts and feelings of rural California residents on current tobacco and cannabis policy. This will be done via large scale surveys across 11 counties of the San Joaquin Valley and adjoining mountains. The results will then be used to develop achievable policy recommendations that work towards reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths in this overlooked and underserved region of California.

OUT Against Big Tobacco (OABT) is Equality California’s campaign to reduce and remove the tobacco-related health disparities caused by Big Tobacco’s predatory marketing practices directed towards marginalized communities creating a culture around the use of a product they know is killing us. We advocate for evidence-based policies to reduce tobacco-related health disparities — especially those within our most vulnerable communities.

Pacific Islander Collective of San Diego uplifts the visibility of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders through education, advocacy and research.

The Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Program, funded by the TUPE Grant, is designed to raise awareness about the harmful physical, social, and environmental effects of tobacco use among our youth population; in addition, information is provided to staff and parents in an effort to help students process the information that they learn so that supportive efforts can be continually reinforced and maintained in social and school settings, as well as within the family structure.

SOL Project advocates for healthy, smoke-free communities for African Americans and other disproportionately affected populations who suffer from social conditions and tobacco use. With the support of residents and organizations, community health is prioritized by advancing smoke-free outdoor areas, smoke-free multi-unit housing, restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco and vapes and ending the sale and use of commercial tobacco (Endgame).

SAY San Diego’s partnerships, youth programs and services address the comprehensive needs of the entire child, individual or family rather than focusing on one symptom or about a specific problem. SAY engages the San Diego community to work collaboratively and partners with organizations such as schools, community coalitions, and local government to create positive change. SAY San Diego’s holistic approach enriches youth, empowers individuals and families, and engages communities.

The Sierra Club’s San Diego Chapter was founded in 1948 and has been instrumental in the community with it’s involvement in the Desert Protection Act, establishment of the Torrey Pines State Park, saving the Famosa Slough, stopping Desert Mining, protecting the La Jolla Seals and Sea Lions, preventing Jackson Drive from going through Mission Trails Park. In addition to it’s conservation efforts, the Sierra Club San Diego offers a variety of outdoor experiences for the community with a hiking section, bicycle section, wilderness basic course, photography club, cross-country ski section, and bus trips.

Smoke Free Homes is a program from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The program provides free resources, signage, and technical assistance for implementing and enforcing smoke free policies at rental properties throughout the state of Iowa. There are currently over 1,350 rental properties on our Registry within our website, and we want to continue to increase smoke free housing opportunities for all Iowans.

S.A.F.E. was founded in 1992 by people who had been injured by secondhand smoke in the workplace and who had also sought legal remedies to the situation. They advocated successfully for Los Angeles International Airport to become non smoking using Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. They are interested in protecting people’s right to take their next breath and not lose it to an addiction to a toxic and carcinogenic product that has no known positive use.

The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network.

Tobacco Free California’s mission is to improve the health of all Californians by reducing illness and premature death from the use of tobacco products. By working with local partners throughout the state, they strive to create tobacco-free environments, counter the aggressive marketing tactics of the tobacco industry, prevent youth from getting addicted to the tobacco industry’s deadly products, and help people quit as part of a larger strategy to change social norms about tobacco use and save lives.

The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of California (TRDRP) supports investigators at eligible California institutions whose research contributes directly to the elimination of smoking and the use of tobacco products and mitigates the human and economic costs of tobacco product use in California. Under the 2019 call for applications, TRDRP awarded over $57 million dollars to 28 institutions across California.

UWEAST’s mission is to provide culturally competent health services, education, and advocacy to enhance the well-being of the East African community. The organization’s primary focus is on addressing the substantial physical and mental health needs of East African refugee women and youth, with a special emphasis on the San Diego Community.

The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education serves as a focal point for a broad range of research, education, and public service activities for over 60 faculty in 11 departments and all four schools at UCSF. It is part of the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute and its membership is congruent with the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Tobacco Control Program. The Center is also a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Tobacco Control.

The mission of the Vista Community Clinic is to advance community health and hope by providing access to premier health services and education for those who need it most. The VCC Tobacco Control Program works with North San Diego County community members and partners to promote smoke- and tobacco-free living through policy and initiatives aimed at reducing secondhand smoke exposure in homes and outdoor public areas, reducing youth access to tobacco and vape products, reducing tobacco product waste in the environment and connecting individuals to free quit smoking and vaping services.

The Washoe County Health District serves to protect and enhance the well-being and quality of life for all in Washoe County.

Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) is a nonprofit organization supporting individual and community development throughout the Bay Area. As part of the BACR network, Youth Policy Leaders (YPL) is a peer-led initiative of youth organizers and researchers working towards social justice, and health equity in San Francisco. YPL is currently working toward a smoke-free multi-unit housing ordinance for San Francisco because we believe all San Franciscans deserve to be healthy and safe in their homes. You can follow YPL on Instagram at @YouthPolicyLeaders and on Facebook at YouthPolicyLeaders.