Taking Texas Tobacco Free

Taking Texas Tobacco Free (TTTF) is an evidence-based organizational-level intervention funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) that provides practical advice, technical assistance, consultation, education, and treatment resources to community behavioral health centers throughout the state of Texas.  TTTF has assisted 19 community behavioral health centers (and currently working with 5 more centers) to implement a multi-component tobacco-free workplace program that included: 1) tobacco-free workplace policies; 2) education to all employees; 3) the integration of tobacco use assessments into routine practice; 4) training of clinicians on evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment services and their provisions to employees and consumers; and 5) a community engagement and outreach component.