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New to STEPP? Or just need a quick refresher on key tobacco control topics? These short, 2–3 minute trainings provide a high-level overview of essential information every STEPP grantee should know.

The TA Ecosystem orients STEPP grantees to our vision for training and technical assistance and outlines grantee, STEPP, and TA provider roles and responsibilities.

Our North Star: Advance health and racial equity for a stronger Colorado

These resources are designed for Coloradans who want to explore a life free from nicotine.

FY26 CEPEG End of Year + End of Grant Reporting + QPR Training, 5.21.26

This document provides recommended strategies for STEPP grantees to share with schools/school districts and other youth-serving entities and organizations, to support Colorado’s Tobacco/Nicotine-Free School law and policies, and to address youth tobacco and nicotine use in schools and communities.

The Community Tobacco/Nicotine Initiatives Framework for Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) provides a comprehensive outline of approaches to LPHA-led community tobacco initiatives in FY27-FY29.

STEPP is pleased to announce the release of the Prep Phase Guidance for the FY27 Tobacco-Focused Community Assessment (TFCA).

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to 2030 Strategic Plan.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to STEPP Community Engagement.

A new 20‑year review of peer‑reviewed research confirms that secondhand exposure to e‑cigarette aerosol carries real health risks.

The TRAC Dashboard provides retailer-location, compliance and community data, with supporting guidance and the original dashboard announcement.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to FY24-26 STEPP TA Ecosystem.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Legal TA: Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act 2019 Update.

Tobacco Retail Licensing Model Policy Standards The updated Colorado Model Policy Standards: Tobacco Retail Licensing document is here!

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to FY24-26 Training & Technical Assistance Providers.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Tobacco and Nicotine Infraction Tiered Discipline Toolkit.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to STEPP Tobacco and Nicotine Screening Guide for Dental Health.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Creating a Vape Collection Program: A Step-by-Step Guide.

Download and print these Colorado Quitline brochures to share details about this valuable resource with your community.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Global Tobacco Control Training Course.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Decriminalizing Commercial Tobacco.

As discussed during the STEPP Update Call on January 15th, STEPP and SE2 have made exciting updates to the Quit Kit Request and Guidance tools!

The updated Colorado Model Policy Standards for Outdoor Smoke- and Vapor-free Public Places is here!

CEPEG’s Virtual Access Point for evaluation planning, reporting templates, QPR user manuals, webinars and slide decks.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to 2025: New Minor in Possession (MIP) and Possession, Use.

The Behavioral Health and Wellness Program’s revised nicotine-free toolkit for healthcare providers and organizations, with a downloadable PDF and toolkit-page access.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to 2022 TABS Report.

Bilingual video ads from Colorado QuitLine’s “Break Up” campaign, using relatable breakup scenarios to encourage people to leave cigarettes and vaping behind.

Bilingual audio ads from Colorado QuitLine’s “Break Up” campaign, encouraging listeners to end their relationship with tobacco and begin their quit journey.

Bilingual digital display and social ads from Colorado QuitLine’s “Break Up” campaign, encouraging people to end their relationship with tobacco and begin a tobacco-free life.

A practical grantee resource with tools, guidance, or materials related to Amendment 35 Lobbying Guidelines.

Raija McIntyre, the Smoke-Free Policy Specialist on the STEPP team, catalogs clean indoor air complaints throughout the year.

Our recent webinar on data collection, held on January 28, 2025, explored three key ways to use data to inform your program.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Scholarships Available for Facilitator Training: N-O-T.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to State of Black Health: A Call for Health Justice.

FY25–FY26 recruitment information for organizations seeking technical assistance and training for tobacco treatment services and policies.

Summary: Some TikTok and Instagram influencers make content promoting e-cigarettes alongside lifestyle posts featuring healthy activities.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to STEPP Technical Assistance (TA) Regional Trainings & FY26.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Truth Initiative’s Tobacco/Nicotine Free Grant is Live!.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to STEPP Recommended Reading: "Smart Vape" Devices.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to STEPP Recommended Reading.

STEPP is pleased to share the Summary of Results Report from the FY24 TA Needs Assessment.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to STEPP Quit Kit Guidance & Request Form.

FY25 grantee contact-list access and the form for reporting staffing changes.

Colorado’s Quitline contractor, National Jewish Health, launched a redesigned website in mid-December.

The Colorado General Assembly opened the 2025 Legislative Session on January 8 and, by law, will adjourn on May 8.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Financial Incentives for Medicaid Recipients.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Yampa Valley Teens Help Peers Quit, Avoid Nicotine.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to FDA-Approved Pharmacotherapies vs Placebo for Major Depressive.

New studies document how the tobacco industry recycles old strategies to promote new products.

Colorado is home to a diverse number of communities across a wide range of geographies, 73% of which are designated rural or frontier.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Notes From the Field.

“The first report of the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health was released in 1964.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Free Tobacco and Vaping Cessation Program through an App!.

Create a healthier campus environment with a $20,000 grant to adopt or implement a 100% tobacco/vape-free policy.

Did you attend the December 16 Learning Community Call with guest presenters from the National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network?

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) Season.

In their September Newsletter, RMC Health highlighted Dolores County and STUD: Students Tackling Unhealthy Decisions.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Weld County Public Health Refer Community Members to the.

Findings from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) released in September found that current e-cigarette usage among U.S.

“In smoke-free housing, restorative justice facilitates residents’ identification of mutually agreeable solutions.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Breaking Chains of Tobacco.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to QuitLine Corner: Financial Incentives for Medicaid Recipients.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Won’t You Be My Tobacco-Free Neighbor?.

Two resources for community conversations: a 2023 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey nicotine infographic and an oral nicotine pouch fact sheet.

Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act and multifamily-housing complaint guidance for grantees, including response expectations and assistance contacts.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Next STEPP Update Call & November STEPP Update Call Resources.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Next Tobacco Review Committee Meeting January 17th.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to An Exciting Opportunity for Collaboration!.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Grantee Prop EE Budget Survey.

The Colorado State University (CSU) Energy Institute hosted the Healthy Housing Coalition earlier this summer.

If you couldn’t catch the STEPP Cessation Pillar’s presentation on the Colorado Quitline Menthol Incentives Pilot, you can view the slides below.

A new study out of the UK looked at the eating behaviors of >80,000 smokers and non-smokers.

A research article on a randomized trial of strategies to support smoke-free policy compliance in public housing.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Suspensions in Colorado Schools Increase-We can help reverse.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Reminder: Beginning September 30.

The association between health and health care is so strong that many politicians and people assume that health and health care are the same.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Exciting Updates Hit TobaccoFreeCO.org!.

FY25 recruitment information for organizations seeking technical assistance and training for tobacco treatment services and policies.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Scholarships Available for Facilitator Training: N-O-T.

The UpRISE Youth Action Board is a paid opportunity ($20 per hour) for youth ages 12-22 in Colorado.

The National Conference on Tobacco or Health will be held in Chicago from August 26 to 28, 2025.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to New Youth Mental Health and Wellness Funding Opportunity.

Please join us in welcoming Shannon Murphy (she/her) to STEPP as the new Tobacco Policy & Community Inclusion Generalist.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Justice Focused Tobacco Cessation Training Series.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Talking about Health Disparities in Rural Contexts.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Reframing Health Disparities in Rural America.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Equity Centered Policy (ECP) Truth Be Told Toolbox.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Biden Administration Aims To Ban Menthol Cigarettes.

In August 2024, the Public Health Law Center compiled an informative Frequently Asked Questions About Nicotine Pouches guide.

If menthol cigarettes are allowed to stay in the marketplace, the lives of African Americans and others remain at increased risk.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Prenatal Smoking Cessation Advisory Board Seeking Members.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to CDC Article Highlights Helpful Tips for Protecting Youth from.

Grantees will receive a link to access the Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) tool on October 1st.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Community Issue Forums.

On September 11, RMC hosted a “Lunch N Learn” to discuss the Second Chance Program and other Alternatives to Suspension.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to Working With Schools.

A guide for trusted adults, educators, parents and community leaders, with information on emerging nicotine products, conversations with youth and community resources.

A grantee update providing information, context, and available next steps related to HKCS 2023: Youth Nicotine Use Data Overview.