Goal:
Decrease secondhand smoke exposure. Where there are strong policies that protect people from the effects of secondhand smoke, there is a drop in smoking prevalence. 

Our Activities:
      • Apartment Owner Policies
      • AB-13 -- California Clean Air Act
      • Cessation Program
      • Protecting Common Outdoor Areas / Tenants' Units from Secondhand         Smoke
      • Smoke-free Cars and Homes for Daycare Kids

To report a smoking violation, use our on-line form at Report a Smoking Violation or call the Tobacco Control Program at (951) 358-4977 or (760) 778-2222.

For more information about California laws governing the above topics, please visit http://talc.phlaw.org/pdf_files/0007.pdf

Goal:
Eliminate illegal sales to youth.   TCP staff educates merchants and law enforcement of their legal responsibility to prevent access to tobacco products by youth.  

Our Activities:
      • Self-service Cigarettes Banned
      • Tobacco Retail Licensing Laws

For more information about California laws governing the above topics, please visit http://talc.phlaw.org/pdf_files/0007.pdf

Click Here to see a list of the Tobacco Retail Licensing Jurisdictions in Riverside County

Goal:
TCP’ s goal is to achieve tobacco-free communities by enacting local policies to reduce adult/youth exposure to tobacco advertising and alternative sponsorship.  This section also includes a tobacco cessation program.

Our Activities:
      • Merchant Education & Voluntary Policies to Change Tobacco Advertising

Workplan:
The Tobacco Control Project offers smoking cessation classes at the following clinics: Riverside Neighborhood Center, Corona, Hemet, and Indio.The program includes four sessions within a one-week period.  Riverside County Regional Medical Center offers a monthly cessation program of one class per week.  These smoking cessation classes are offered without charge to County employees and to members of IEHP, Molina, and Exclusive Care HMO's.