Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

Our Spring 2025 Communiqué is live! Stay up to date with tobacco-related initiatives and news from SCLC and our partner organizations.

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The Surgeon General recently released the 35th tobacco-related report published since 1964. Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS, Director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, was a contributing author.

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Download our interactive behavioral health and tobacco free living toolkit here

Take Your Behavioral Health Facility Tobacco-Free Anywhere in the US

Find it on our site under Behavioral Health - Toolkits

Or download it here
Did you know that quitting smoking can improve a person's mood as much as an anti-depressant?

This and more studies are available in our Publications sections under Behavioral Health and Resources

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Mission Statement

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) reduces disparities in tobacco use and increases cessation through community partnerships. We aim to drive health systems change by eliminating barriers to access to tobacco treatment, promoting tobacco policy that supports cessation, and providing education and training.

Recent News

Tobacco treatment and policies in mental health and substance use treatment facilities in the US

2025-04-18

The American Lung Association’s 2025 State of Tobacco Control

2025-01-29

AAMC: Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Doctors may soon have new tools to help people quit

2024-11-21

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Director's Corner

A Resolute Commitment to Health Equity

Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing holiday. We are deeply saddened by the devastating loss and destruction caused by the fires in Los Angeles. During this challenging time, please know that we hold our colleagues in LA close in our thoughts and prayers.

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