The California Center for Tobacco Cessation

 

As the California Center for Tobacco Cessation, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) provides training and technical assistance in support of the tobacco endgame movement. We aim to engage and build the capacity of organizations, clinicians, community stakeholders, and CTCP-funded projects to advocate for and put into effect tobacco-use assessments and cessation services within their communities and systems.

 

 


WHAT WE DO

  • Support behavioral health sites to be tobacco-free and to connect to cessation services and treatment
  • Provide educational materials promoting tobacco cessation
  • Provide tobacco cessation training with Continuing Education Units to improve local tobacco cessation capacity
  • Improve access to cessation services through technical assistance
  • Develop strategic partnerships to reduce barriers to cessation treatment

WHO WE HELP

  • CTCP-Funded Projects
  • Public Health Professionals
  • Health Care and Behavioral Health Providers
 

Together, we’re building a healthier, tobacco-free California. 

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS


REGISTRATION IS OPEN for CaCTC's Orange County Behavioral Health Regional Training 

 

The Orange County Health Care Agency Tobacco Use Prevention Program is collaborating with the California Center for Tobacco Cessation to host a Behavioral Health Regional Training on May 29, 2025. This is a dynamic, interactive training is designed to support behavioral health programs with developing wellness policies to promote healthy living and tobacco-free recovery, while effectively implementing AB 541 requirements. This training is for Orange County residents only. 

Register today!

 


UPDATED FOR 2025: CaCTC's Vaping Cessation Fact Sheet

 

Our Vaping Cessation Fact Sheet has been updated for 2025! It outlines practical steps and strategies to assist clients in their journey to become nicotine-free.

Access the fact sheet here

 


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Events & Opportunities

Kick It California provides evidence-based tobacco cessation services. It's free and it works! Below are educational resources for providers from our partners at Kick It :

For all SCLC and CaCTC webinar topics - check out our collection of recorded webinars: https://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/cmeces-webinar-collections

Collection E

  • The CaCTC is pleased to offer this special collection of select webinars from national experts. This Collection includes eleven (11) webinars and units at no cost to CA providers. Topics include treating effective partnerships to treat tobacco addiction, tobacco use in the LGBTQ+ community, environmental health and advocacy, tobacco use among race and ethnic populations, pharmacists' prescribing, advancing equitable tobacco outcomes, and novel tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. Use code CADPH23 to waive the fee Register

This is a comprehensive tobacco cessation training program that equips health professional students and practicing clinicians, of all disciplines, with evidence-based knowledge and skills for assisting patients with quitting. Thanks to support from the California Department of Tobacco Policy and Prevention, a certificate of completion and 4.0 CMEs will be provided at no charge for those who complete this series. Accreditation is for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and addiction professionals.

Register here:

https://cme-reg.configio.com/pd/4293/rx-for-change-clinician-assisted-tobacco-cessation

  • Kick It CA created a 13-minute video training for healthcare providers to support AB 541 implementation. Watch "Tobacco and Mental Health"

  • Click here for more cessation training videos

To see all available funding opportunities through the California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Prevention Program please visit: CTCP Tobacco Control Funding opportunities and Resources (catcp.org)