We have used TPEP funds in the past to advertise anti-tobacco messages on boards placed around the HS baseball field and in the Crook County Fair Book. Is this allowable?
We have also used funds in the past to advertise the local school district’s anti-tobacco policy in the local media’ s schedules for sports throughout the year. (With the result of a 3-1 match by the local paper.) Is this allowable? Answer: TPEP will establish a system to make small amounts of funding available for very targeted local advertising such as those described in your question. This advertising will be paid for out of the general TPEP budget and therefore should not be included in County Health Department Tobacco Program Budgets. Include plans for these targeted local advertisements in your Plan of Action. Question: Can a single ‘Plan of Action’ address both objective types (reduce secondhand smoke AND counter pro-tobacco influences)? For example, work with K-12 school policy encompasses both. Another example: I’ve been talking with people at a local university about developing and beginning to implement a 5-year strategic plan for tobacco prevention for the university; the 5
