Tobacco Policy and Control Program
We are working to make it easier for people to quit smoking, to limit access to tobacco products (especially among youth), and to create a healthy, anti-smoking climate in Philadelphia.
What We Are Doing
Keeping Tobacco Away from Youth »
Limiting the marketing and sale of tobacco to young people by strengthening laws and regulations and providing education.
Limiting the marketing and sale of tobacco to young people by strengthening laws and regulations and providing education.
Saving Lives by Reducing Tobacco Use »
Reducing smoking-related deaths by promoting aided quit attempts, increasing the price of cigarettes, and posting health warnings where tobacco products are sold.
Protecting Youth and Adults from Secondhand
Smoke »
Philadelphia passed the landmark Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law in 2006, protecting people from secondhand smoke in bars, restaurants, and workplaces.
Helping Smokers Quit »
Providing help to smokers who want to quit and increasing the number of people who quit for good.
Enforcing Tobacco Laws »
Helping restaurants and retailers follow tobacco laws and encouraging Philadelphians to report illegal indoor smoking and youth sales.
Links
- CDC Smoking & Tobacco Use
1-800-QUIT-NOW
1-800-784-8669 -
Determined to Quit (PA Quitline)
1-800-QUIT-NOW
1-800-784-8669
Our Leadership Team
- Mayor Michael Nutter, City of Philadelphia
- Donald F. Schwarz, Health Commissioner and Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity
- Tom Knudsen, Acting Superintendent and Chief Recovery Officer, School District of Philadelphia
- Councilwoman Marian Tasco
- Feather Houstoun, President, William Penn Foundation
- Daniel J. Hilferty, President and CEO, Independence Blue Cross
- Ann Weaver Hart, President, Temple University
- Edmond Notebaert, Senior Executive Vice President of Health Sciences, Temple University
- Jeffrey Cooper, Vice President, Government and Community Affairs, University of Pennsylvania
- Ken Trujillo, Trujillo, Rodriguez and Richards, LLC
- David Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation
- Mike Nardone, Deputy Secretary, Office for Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Public Welfare
- Marla Gold, Dean, Drexel University School of Public Health
Our Partners
- The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia
- Department of Law
- Department of Licenses and Inspections
- Health Promotion Council of Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
- Public Health Management Corporation
- School District of Philadelphia
- WHYY
