Tobacco use prevention & cessation through policy

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES), Central Purchasing Division, is seeking responses on behalf of the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), Chronic Disease Service, from potential Suppliers to provide a contract for high-impact, population-based strategies/interventions that address tobacco use prevention and cessation through policy, system, and environmental (PSE) strategies. This program will assist with creating synergy within Oklahoma’s tobacco control movement to reduce the burden of tobacco within the Native American/American Indian (NA/AI) communities based on data. 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data shows NA/AI having the highest smoking prevalence among Oklahomans with 22.9% of all smokers identifying as NA/AI. The next highest prevalence are Oklahomans identifying as multiracial which cannot be parsed out to identify any one population. Oklahomans identifying as white account for 15.3% of all adult smokers and those identifying as black account for 15.4%. Specifically, comprehensive tobacco prevention programs will be developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Department of Health to strengthen efforts to:
1. Reduce commercial tobacco use and abuse among Native American/American Indian Oklahomans (teens and adults) as well as other within their service area. 2. Decrease or eliminate exposure to commercial secondhand smoke by promoting and facilitating adoption of tobacco-free worksite policies. 3. Promote commercial tobacco cessation resources among youth and adults throughout their service area. 4. Prevent youth initiation to commercial tobacco using a combination of education and outreach shown to effectively impact individuals under the age of 21.