Since the early 1990's partner organizations with the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition have worked on strategies and policies to reduce the economic and physical harm caused by tobacco use in the state of Kansas.

Community coalitions across the state, state agencies, professional health organizations, and health voluntaries have collaborated on efforts to reduce tobacco use by Kansans. With funding from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kansas Health Foundation, the Sunflower Foundation and the American Legacy Foundation and coalition members, the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition has continued to provide public awareness campaigns, technical assistance to communities, training and leadership opportunities, youth empowerment strategies, and policy advocacy in the legislative arena.

Our Accomplishments
Major tobacco control accomplishments in Kansas include many local success stories across the state. Our proudest moments have come with the following:
  • model youth access law
  • the first major smokefree restaurant ordinance in Salina in 2001
  • 55-cent cigarette tax increase in 2002
  • comprehensive smokefree workplace policy in Lawrence in2004
  • model tobacco-use prevention and cessation program in Saline County

For more information, please see a review of accomplishments related to the 1999 tobacco control plan for Kansas.