San Juan Basin Health Department’s Lasso Tobacco Coalition advocates for comprehensive alcohol, tobacco, and other substances education and prevention through these four core goal areas:

1.) Increase developmental assets among youth and young adults

2.) Foster positive community norms to decrease substance abuse

3.) Engage in policy work through community organizing

4.) Close the health gap for disparate populations

 

The Lasso Tobacco Coalition focuses on ways that, as a community, we can promote healthier lifestyles and overcome the injustices of the tobacco industry. The program includes areas such as youth prevention, policy work- strengthening the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act, second-hand smoke education, as well as providing educational and cessation resources.

The Lasso Tobacco Coaltion supports youth tobacco prevention primarily through their collaboration with local youth organizations as well as through the Celebrating Community Norms project. The Lasso Tobacco Coalition (LTC) carries out tobacco prevention, education, cessation and advocacy to the residents of Archuleta, La Plata, and San Juan counties to create tobacco-free communities and healthier lifestyles.