American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control Report

The American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control report highlights California's State Grade on tobacco cessation and policies with 2025 California Local Grades on policies by county/cities.

The California Quits Together report features 6 goals from a summit of 60 experts convened by the California Tobacco Control Program in September 2020.  The 6 goals to accelerate quitting and to achieve health equity include:

1. Motivate Medi-Cal managed care plans to prioritize tobacco cessation
2. Make tobacco screening and treatment a standard of care in health care systems
3. Create a norm of tobacco recovery in behavioral health systems
4. Build capacity for tobacco cessation in other community settings
5. Use media resources to further accelerate quitting behaviors
6. Optimize surveillance of tobacco cessation

The California Department of Health Care Services is funded by 80% of the tobacco tax from Proposition 56 for specific programs, including the Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment program, women's health services, dental and physician services, developmental and trauma screenings, non-emergency medical transportation, and more.

The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products has information about FDA's regulatory authority over the sales, distribution, and health claims or warnings over tobacco products, including vapes and "non-tobacco nicotine" (synthetics).  The FDA has information about its rules, regulations, and guidance documents.  The FDA also accepts comments on tobacco regulatory activities.

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2017–2023