Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs, 2007 Summary of Panel Review

On December 6, 2006, a panel of experts in comprehensive state-wide tobacco control programs was convened in Atlanta, Georgia to review funding models and approaches to estimating statespecific budget recommendations in order to update CDC’s Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs (1999). This guidance document provided a blueprint for what program components should be implemented concurrently in a comprehensive tobacco program and provided the formulas for a range of funding to implement these interventions. The 1999 guidance was developed by drawing from the findings of evidence-based analyses of comprehensive state tobacco control programs, expert opinion, and state experiences. At the expert panel meeting in December, 2006, technical consultation was sought from the panel regarding the best available evidence to determine updated cost parameters (and metrics to calculate them) for major components of a comprehensive tobacco control program. The panel reviewed data relevant to potential changes in the 1999 funding recommendations, including state experience and findings on program effectiveness that has emerged since the 1999 Best Practices release.