Tobacco Use Prevention Through Schools

• Prohibit tobacco use at all school facilities and events at all times
• Encourage and help students and staff to quit using tobacco
• Provide developmentally appropriate instruction in grades K–12 that addresses the social and psychological causes of tobacco use
• Are part of a coordinated school health program through which teachers, students, families, administrators, and community leaders deliver consistent messages about tobacco use
• Are implemented within the context of and reinforced by communitywide efforts to prevent tobacco use and addiction