San Mateo Coalition Prevails Over Stiff Opposition
Learn how this coalition strengthened San Mateo County’s Tobacco Retail License.
Resources
The Tobacco Endgame Center provides tools and resources to help you strengthen your campaign. These tools will help with your community organizing and engagement. Resources available here range from the Midwest Academy Strategy Charts to fact sheets and training webinars. Therefore, you can find what you need to help engage your community in policy and organizing campaigns focused on ending tobacco use in California.
Click on any of the categories listed below to access their resources.
- Campaign Playbook
- Case Studies and Success Stories
- Campaign Toolkits
- Community Engagement and Organizing
- MASC Resources
- Media Advocacy
- Recursos en español
- Videos
Case Studies and Success Stories
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
Success Story: NorCal 4 Health Empowers Community with Born to Breathe Virtual Showcase (video)
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
Case Study: Willits and Ukiah Make Progress on Tobacco Retail Licensing
The Mendocino County Tobacco Control and Prevention Coalition includes more than 30 traditional and nontraditional stakeholders working to make Mendocino County a healthier community.
Case Study: San Diegans VS. Big Tobacco
San Diegans VS. Big Tobacco was launched in spring 2021 after the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids conducted a community assessment that showed strong support for the state law that
Success Story: The Smokefree Outdoor Ordinance in Palmdale, California
Community Engagement and Organizing
How to Make Public Comment (Spanish)
Training Volunteers in the Art of Public Comment (Spanish Template Presentation)
Training Volunteers in the Art of Public Comment (Spanish Template Presentation)
Introduction to Services and Resources
Training Volunteers in the Art of Public Comment (Template Presentation)
Training Volunteers in the Art of Public Comment (Template Presentation)
How to Prepare Public Comments
Engaging the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press Webinar
Tips for Finding & Engaging Supportive Retailers
Recruiting New Stakeholders and Allies
Identifying New Stakeholders and Allies – A Facilitator’s Overview
Community Forum Checklist
Media Advocacy
AHA – Sample Reporter Tracker – Training Tool
Amplifying Your Impact: The Value of Earned Media & Reporter Relationships
Engaging the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press Webinar
Reporter Tracker Downloadable Template (Excel)
Reporter Tracker Downloadable Template (Excel)
Spokesperson Training Guide
Languages: English | Spanish
Sample Social Media Content Calendar
FILLABLE Social Media Content Calendar
Spokesperson Training: Newsworthiness
