Tobacco and Nicotine Prevention Program

County of Marin Tobacco Prevention Program

The Tobacco Prevention Program (TPP) is Marin county’s state-funded Local Lead Agency (LLA). We educate and support Marin County residents in addressing the negative impacts of tobacco and nicotine products with the support of the following organizations and groups to provide tobacco prevention presentations, outreach, health promotional events and communications to the residents of Marin County:

• Local nonprofit Bay Area Community Services
• The Marin County Office of Education 
• The Smoke Free Marin Coalition 
• Other community-based organizations

The Marin County Tobacco Prevention Program Goals:

• Reduce the availability of tobacco products
• Address complaints about secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing
• Set minimum prices for tobacco products while boosting cessation support
• Engage youth and priority populations in tobacco prevention

Cessation (Quitting Tobacco/Nicotine) Resources

Kick It California

• Free state-wide cessation services (for everyone 13 years and older)
• Provides the following supportive resources:
  • Website: kickitca.org 
  • Live Chat 
  • Phone - Call 1-800-300-8086 to speak with a Quit Coach
  • Text - Sign up to receive free quit messages
  • Mobile App - to Quit Vaping and Smoking 

National Institute of Health (NIH) - Smokefree.gov

• Website: Smokefree.gov
• Free nation-wide cessation services for all. 
• Digital quit plan, App, and 24/7 automated texting service.
• Provides targeted cessation support for:
• Veterans, women, teens, spanish-speaking population and older adults 60+

National LGBT+ Cancer Network 

• Website: cancer-network.org/outlast-tobacco
• Supportive resources targeted for our LGBT+ community
• Free 2-week nicotine replacement therapy 

Local Cessation (Quitting) Resources

Kaiser Permanente | Quitting Tobacco - My Doctor Online 

• Ask your healthcare provider 
  • Check your medical insurance for coverage
  • Discuss nicotine replacement therapy
  • Ask about cessation medications
• Nicotine Anonymous 
  • 12-step group program via Zoom meetings
  • Meeting locator

Marin County Cessation Resources Flyer

• English Cessation Flyer (Click this link to open)

• Spanish Cessation Flyer (Click this link to open)

• Vietnamese Cessation Flyer (Click this link to open)

Youth Vape Cessation Pamphlet

• English Youth Vape Cessation Pamphlet (Click this link to open)

Cessation Resources for Clinicians

• Electronic Referral Implementation: Guidebook