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Using federal funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health, the NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch funds eight local coalitions who work in their communities to address the following goals:
- Identifying and addressing tobacco-related health disparities among populations
- Eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke, and
- Providing resources for tobacco users who want to quit.
These programs have been funded since 1992, when North Carolina received a grant from the National Cancer Institute to participate in a 17-state project called ASSIST (American Stop Smoking Intervention Study). Although the study ended in 1999, some local coalitions continue using the name ASSIST because of name recognition in their communities.
- Hi-Top ASSIST Coalition
- Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain and Transylvania
- Haywood County Health Department
- Staff Lead: Traci Clark
- 2177 Asheville Road
- Waynesville, NC 28786
- Phone: (828) 452-6675
- Cell: (828) 507-0670
- Fax: (828) 452-6730
- Email
- Buncombe ASSIST Coalition
- Buncombe County Health Department: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
- Staff Lead: Karen Caldwell
- Coalition Coordinator
- Project ASSIST Coalition
- 257 Biltmore Avenue, Room 103
- Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone: (828) 250-6990
- Fax: (828) 250-6197
- Email
- High Country/Foothills ASSIST Coalition
- Northwest Tobacco Prevention Coalition
- Appalachian District Health Department
- Counties Included: Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, Watauga
- Staff Lead: Teri VanDyke
- 126 Poplar Grove Connector
- Boone, NC 28607
- Phone: (828) 264-4995
- Fax: (828)264-4997
- Email
- Mecklenburg ASSIST Coalition
- Mecklenburg County Health Department
- Staff Lead: Lovemore Masakadza
- Mecklenburg County Health Department
- 249 Billingsley Road
- Charlotte, NC 28211
- Phone: (704) 336-4660
- Fax: (704) 432-0757
- Email
- Guilford County ASSIST Coalition
- Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition
- Staff Lead: Mary Gillett
- Tobacco Prevention Program
- 1203 Maple Street
- Greensboro, NC 27405
- Phone: (336) 641-6000
- Fax: (336) 641-6971
- Email
- Wake County ASSIST Coalition
- Project Assist
- Staff Lead: Ronda Sanders
- 568 East Lenoir St. Room 200
- Raleigh, NC 27601
- Phone: (919) 212-9292
- Fax: (919) 856-2712
- Email
- New Hanover/Brunswick/Pender Coalition
- Project Assist
- Staff Lead: Christine Freany
- 2029 South 17th Street
- Wilmington, NC 28401
- Phone: (910) 798-6658
- Fax: (910) 798-4146
- Email
- Craven/Pamlico/Lenoir ASSIST Coalition
- Craven County Health Department
- Staff Lead: Kenya Servia
- PO Drawer 12610
- 2818 Neuse Blvd.
- New Bern, NC 28561
- Phone: (252) 636-4920 x 2019
- Fax: (252) 636-4970
- Email
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