Outcomes Building Capacity to Reduce the Burden of Menthol and Other Flavored Commercial Tobacco Products in Communities that Experience Health Disparities

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to build a community of practice of local, diverse community collaborators together with state tobacco control programs in order to: 1) develop and advance culturally competent commercial tobacco control policies, systems, and/or environmental interventions that reduce menthol and other flavored tobacco initiation and use among youth and increase motivation for adults to quit; 2) increase opportunities for culturally appropriate cessation support  that increases the  likelihood of sustained cessation for those who use menthol tobacco products, and;...

Applicants must be physically located and operate in the state, tribe, locality, or territory for which the work is proposed. Applicants must provide a statement that identifies the community and state, territory or tribe in which the applicant will do the proposed work. Applicant must provide proof of physical location (e.g., official letterhead, articles of incorporation, business card). This documentation must be labeled “Proposed_Work_Statement” and uploaded to  www.grants.gov as a part of their application. See the glossary of this NOFO for the CDC definition of “community”.

Michon Mabry fox1@cdc.gov