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Available Grants for Georgia Youth Tobacco Prevention

There are several grants in Georgia that focus on tobacco prevention in youth. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Cancer Institute all provide funding to support research and create educational workshops and materials for Georgia youth. Anti-tobacco programs that receive grant money aim to keep young people from starting to smoke, and to help those who are trying to quit smoking.

  1. National Cancer Institute Grant

    • The National Cancer Institute awarded $2.5 million to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia to study the long-term effects of anti-tobacco programs aimed at black fourth-grade students. The program is designed to educate children and parents at both rural and urban Georgia public schools about the health risks associated with tobacco use. Researchers hope that the data collected over the life of the grant will help future anti-tobacco programs in lowering the percentage of children who begin smoking before graduating from high school, which is when 90 percent of Georgia smokers begin smoking.

    DeKalb County Board of Health Tobacco Prevention Grant

    • The DeKalb County Board of Health was awarded $3.2 million in 2009 for a two-year anti-tobacco campaign as part of a nationwide campaign organized and funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative. The DeKalb County Board of Health will partner with the DeKalb County School System to promote tobacco-free schools and parks and decrease the amount of pro-tobacco advertising children are exposed to in DeKalb County.

    Georgia Tobacco Use Prevention Program

    • The Georgia Tobacco Use Prevention Program is funded by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The program's mission as it relates to children is to deter young people from beginning to smoke and to encourage young smokers to quit smoking. The program works in conjunction with the Tobacco Free Schools Project to create and implement programs that increase the proportion of Georgia's tobacco-free schools from 30 percent to 100 percent. Grant money can be used for program development, training, and educational materials.

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