Health & Human services

The Long Beach Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TEPP) works to build a healthier community by reducing the use of tobacco and the exposure to secondhand smoke in the City of Long Beach. Strategies include: 

• Providing referrals for people who want to quit smoking 

• Working with apartment owners to create smoke free living options in apartment buildings 

• Creating culturally appropriate tobacco control materials for the Long Beach community 

• Supporting community-led smoke free campaigns 

• Ensuring compliance with local, state and federal tobacco-related laws 

The Tobacco Education and Prevention program offers free presentations to the community to educate and inform on tobacco-related topics. Presentation topics include: 

• Vaping 

• Tobacco 101 

• Smoke-free apartments 

• Quit smoking resources 

• Health effects of tobacco/vape use 

• Healthy brain development 

• Nicotine addiction 

• Refusal skills 

• Best quitting strategies  

• And more. 

TEPP provides information to adults who’d like to quit smoking.  

Did you know that after you snuff out that last cigarette...... 

• Within 20 minutes: Blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate drop 

• Within 8 hours: Smokers-breath disappears 

• Within 24 hours: Risk of heart attack decreases 

• Within 2-3 months: Lung capacity increases, circulation improves, and walking becomes easier 

• Within 1 year: Excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased by half 

• Within 2 years: Heart attack risk matches those of people who have never smoked 

Stop smoking classes in Long Beach are offered throughLong Beach Memorial Hospital. Support groups are available throughNicotine Anonymous. View a brochure of resources available in Long Beach. For personalized ‘quit coaching’ services from home, contact Kick it California at 1 (800) 300-8086. 

To receive a free smoking cessation packet, please call TEPP at 562.570.7950.