Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs)

Make your home, place of worship, car, and business/workplace smokefree and tobacco-free.
Find local educational materials, support groups, or cessation programs. Ask your state or local health department what they recommend, and use CDC’s handout [PDF – 1.16MB] and notepads that include the quitline number, 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669). Offer these to your members who want to quit.
Display the Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) ads on your group’s campus, link to them from your Web site, and include them in your publications.
Refer members to the How to Quit Smoking page on the Tips web site.
Sponsor stop-smoking classes at your place of worship. Create and lead support groups.
Educate community leaders about policies that make it easier for current smokers to quit and harder for nonsmokers to start—especially youth.

Here are some resources to help you with this very important work in your community:

Frequently asked questions about the Tips campaign and how it can help you address tobacco use in the faith-based setting
Find Faith-Based Fact Sheets for information about tobacco use in your state. Click on the map to view fact sheets.
Free campaign videos, posters, radio ads, print ads, Web-ready graphics, PowerPoint presentations, and more at the Tips Download Center
Link to the faith-based webinar – ‘It Takes Faith – Addressing Tobacco Use within the Faith Community’. This webinar features presentations from national faith leaders; those working in health ministry; and the CDC.
A free CDC handout that you can give to members of your congregations to motivate them to quit smoking [PDF – 1.16MB]
Order free notepads (with the 1-800-QUIT-NOW quitline number and CDC logo) to use in your practice (enter “notepad” in search bar on publication catalog web page).
Social media images for your organization and your members to share on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter
FAQs about how quitlines work and their effectiveness
Free continuing education training for up to 4.5 CEs, entitled “Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: A Virtual Clinic”
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Center at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – This Center helps build and support partnerships with faith-based and community organizations to better serve individuals, families, and communities in need.
Center at the Department of Education This Center engages community-based organizations in building a culture of high expectations and support for education.
Center at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) This Center serves as a resource center for secular and faith-based organizations that want to partner with HUD to address the housing and community development needs of neighborhoods.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) SAMHSA’s toolkit, Sustaining Grassroots Community-Based Programs, contains six books to help grassroots organizations and FBOs. The series discusses organizational assessment, marketing, financial management, sustainability and funding, and evaluation. It’s available to order for free.
Faith United Against Tobacco. These faith-based organizations are actively promoting the Tips campaign. Some have health-related resources on their Web sites.
Tips Campaign Resources