Clackamas and Washington Counties Commercial Tobacco Prevention Community Grants

This webpage is for recipients of the Clackamas and Washington Counties Commercial Tobacco Prevention Grant. Please refer to this webpage for resources, contact information, and invoice templates. If there are other resources that would be beneficial to include, please contact Kamryn Brown at KBrown@Clackamas.us. 

Learn more about other grants offered through Clackamas County.

Cessation Resources

Quitting smoking isn’t easy. Oregon has multiple quit lines, or free telephone and web-based counseling services, that community members can contact to feel more confident about quitting for good.

• Oregon Quit Line (English) 1-800-QUIT-NOW
• Oregon Quit Line (Spanish) 1-800-1-855-DEJELO-YA
• Native Quit Line1-800-QUIT-NOW and press 7

There are also free nationwide quit line services, including:

• Asian Smokers’ Quit Line
  • Cantonese and Mandarin 1-800-838-8917
  • Korean 1-800-556-5564
  • Vietnamese 1-800-778-8440
• Smokefree.gov
  A website with tools and tips to help individuals quit, including those who want to quit, recently quit, and/or want to maintain their smokefree lifestyle. This resource also has resources specific for veterans, women, teens, individuals 60+, and individuals who speak Spanish.
• American Cancer Society
  Information on how to quit using tobacco, including making a plan to quit, quitting smoking or smokeless tobacco, nicotine replacement therapy, and more.
• BecomeAnEx
  A free cessation resource run by Truth Initiative and the Mayo Clinic.
• Truth Initiative – This is Quitting
  Text to quit program for teens and young adults.  Text DITCHVAPE to 88709

Commercial Tobacco Data

Oregon-specific commercial tobacco data dashboards include:

• Blueprint for a Healthy Clackamas County
  A data dashboard that compiles demographic and health disparity data in Clackamas County. 
• Student Health Survey Data
  The Student Health Survey is a voluntary, anonymous, school-based survey administered every two years to 6th, 8th, and 11th graders in Oregon. Data pertaining to substance use starts on page 61.
• Oregon Tobacco Data and Reports
  An OHA webpage with tobacco use data for Oregon, reports and studies, and other resources for tobacco prevention. 
• Alcohol, Cannabis and Tobacco Use Data
  An OHA data dashboard that includes the prevalence of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use from a variety of data sources.
• Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  A telephone health survey conducted in collaboration with the CDC and U.S. states and territories. BRFSS surveys adults 18 years and older.
• Oregon Tobacco Facts
  County-level fact sheets regarding the toll of tobacco in a singe year. You can filter by county using the toggle at the top of the webpage.

For organizations that received commercial tobacco prevention funding from OHA, you can also use the Online Chronic Conditions and Risk Factors Data Request Form to submit data request needs. Note this resource is only available to organizations who received commercial tobacco prevention funding from OHA. Refer to this list if you aren’t sure if you received commercial tobacco prevention funding from OHA.

Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Education Materials

• Smokefree Oregon Resource Portal
  This portal provides resources including webinars, templates, campaign toolkits, and more. To create a free account, click on the orange text that says “Sign up for the SFO Resource Portal”
• Truth Initiative
  A nonprofit public health organization committed to making tobacco use and nicotine addiction a thing of the past, this website provides young people with the facts about smoking, vaping, nicotine and the tobacco industry, and more. 
• Flavors Hook Oregon Kids
  A campaign that aims to protect children from the tobacco and vape industry.
• The Real Cost
  A website with up-to-date information about the harmful effects of tobacco use, including vapes, cigarettes, dip, and other tobacco.
• American Heart Association
  Includes fact sheets, public policy resources, and studies on the health effects of tobacco products.
• Tobacco Education Resource Library
  A resource with content focused on public health education, smoking cessation, tobacco research, and more.

For organizations that received commercial tobacco prevention funding from OHA, you can use the Commercial Tobacco Prevention Grantees – Technical Assistance and Training Request Form to submit communications support, training assistance, policy or legislative concept development support, and more! Refer to this list if you aren’t sure if you received commercial tobacco prevention funding from OHA.