37.117.101    TOBACCO SETTLEMENT ACCOUNTS: PURPOSES AND USES

(1) The department will design and implement programs to prevent tobacco-related disease.

(2) The program will include, but will not be limited to, the following components: state and community interventions; health communication interventions; cessation interventions; surveillance and evaluation; and administration and management.

(3) The department will use national guidelines, including tobacco use prevention and control standards established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in developing and implementing the statewide program.

(4) The department will use other evidence-based policies, interventions, and enforcement activities in the design and implementation of the program.

(5) The department will use the national guidelines and other evidence-based recommendations in the development of community interventions implemented by local and tribal health departments.

(6) The department will coordinate and work with other state agencies to implement tobacco disease prevention interventions, policies, and enforcement activities.

History: 17-6-606, MCA; IMP, 17-6-606, MCA; NEW, 2012 MAR p. 1149, Eff. 6/8/12.