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TCSG Announces National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons

The Center for Social Gerontology announced the creation of a National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons dedicated to redressing and mitigating the physical and emotional harm to older persons caused by the actions of the tobacco industry. The NCTFOP, as a part of TCSG, will serve as a national advocate for and source of information on tobacco and older persons issues, as well as a center for conducting research, education and training to increase public awareness of the effects of tobacco on older persons and to reduce smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke by older persons. The NCTFOP will also form and provide support to the National Coalition for Tobacco-Free Older Persons, a nationwide coalition of aging organizations (see below for more on the National Coalition). For press release announcing the NCTFOP and its mission and objectives, click here.

Invitation to join the National COALITION for Tobacco-Free Older Persons

The National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons (NCTFOP), formed in 1999 by The Center for Social Gerontology (TCSG), invites and encourages your organization to join a new NATIONAL COALITION FOR TOBACCO-FREE OLDER PERSONS. For a description of this new national coalition, as well as a brief note on the compelling need for it and how and why it's important for your organization to join, click here.

NCTFOP on Ohio and Indiana Settlement Funds Victories

On March 5, 2000, The NCTFOP issued a press release heralding the allocations of tobacco settlement funds in Ohio and Indiana for both tobacco prevention and cessation programs and for new prescription drug programs for older persons. See press release.

NCTFOP on 1999 Allocations of Tobacco Settlement Funds for Aging and Tobacco Control

On December 9, 1999, the NCTFOP issued a press release and summary report on the 1999 allocations of settlement funds by the states. The NCTFOP reported that about $200 million in settlement funds were appropriated for both tobacco prevention and cessation programs and for programs for older persons, with the latter funds largely being for in-home services and prescription drug programs for the most needy older persons -- the primary victims of tobacco-related diseases. Click here for press release and summary.