Case Studies & Success Stories
Change is never without its challenges, even when it will lead to improvements in the health and well-being of communities. Fighting to end tobacco use is one such challenge. So, it’s important to stay encouraged and inspired.
San Mateo Coalition Prevails Over Stiff Opposition
Learn how this coalition strengthened San Mateo County’s Tobacco Retail License.
Fresno Case Study: Empowering Residents to Protect MUH Residents
Fresno: Learn how this Coalition worked to empower residents around the issue of smokefree multi-unit housing.
Bilingual Campaign Engages Latino Community to Pass Smokefree MUH Policy in City of Riverside
Community organizers engaged residents of Riverside, a Latino-majority city of 330,000, to create a bilingual multi-unit housing (MUH) campaign that resulted in the passage of a 2022 policy requiring all apartment complexes in Riverside to be smokefree.
Glenn County Alliance for Prevention Orland Success Story
A coalition based in Glenn County used public outrage about a community event, hosted by a local tobacco retailer, to reinvigorate its coalition, engage the community and build momentum for a new city policy to protect kids from tobacco.
Day One’s Sierra Madre Success Story
A campaign led by Day One, an organization working to
improve community health and economic justice,
successfully engaged residents of Sierra Madre to build
support for the passage of a policy prohibiting smoking
in Multi-Unit Housing (MUH)- in the City of Sierra
Madre.
Tulare Success Story
Unidos Por Salud, a program of the California Health Collaborative, engaged Spanish-speaking residents of Woodlake, California, a small, rural community in Tulare County, in attempt to create support for smokefree
Case Study: Tribal Community Coordinating Center’s Learning Institutes Support Tribal Communities
The Tobacco Industry has long targeted American Indian and Native Alaskan communities by promoting commercial tobacco using traditional American Indian images.
Case Study: LGBTQ Minus Tobacco Leads Effort to Strengthen Concord TRL
LGBTQ Minus Tobacco is a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit project that works with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) and allied community members to prevent tobacco addiction