CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) created the National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) in 1999 to encourage coordinated, national efforts to reduce tobacco-related diseases and deaths. The program provides funding and technical support to state and territorial health departments. NTCP funds

• All 50 states
• The District of Columbia
• Seven U.S. territories
• Nine national organizations
• Six national networks, representing six priority populations
• Health officials at the local, city, county, and state levels

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