The Hawai‘i State Department of Health's Tobacco Prevention and
Education Program (TPEP) is the official state government
program addressing tobacco control in Hawaii. It is funded by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the
Comprehensive National Tobacco Control Program. This Plan serves
as the principal guide in the fight to reduce the health and
economic burden of tobacco use in Hawai‘i over the five-year
period of 2011-2016. This Plan identifies and defines priority
strategies, recommended community activities and targeted
outputs, and provides key outcome indicators to measure
progress, see HRS §328L-6 (d). Click HERE for the full DOH
Tobacco Strategic Plan 2011-2016. (PDF file format, approx. 8
Megabytes) The purpose of the Tobacco Prevention and Education
Program is to reduce tobacco consumption through a comprehensive
multi-strategy approach that reflects prevention and education
approaches, in order to reduce or eliminate the burden of
disease and disability caused by its use.