Tobacco- Free Alliance

“Expenses advertising and promotion 1,339 office 2,868 information technology 187 travel 2,859 conferences/meetings 1,781 insurance 609 miscellaneous expense 274 program supplies 172 total 10,089”

“Grants receivable 46,184 39,138 accounts receivable 621 621 prepaid expenses and deferred charges 524 1,061 total 47,329 40,820”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 13,954 6,570 ala funds - flavors 503 503”

“To prevent youth from using commercial tobacco and to prioritize communities adversely affected by industry marketing and health disparities.”

“Point of sale (pos) projects: the tobacco- free alliance (tfa) is committed to reducing the harm caused by commercial tobacco. Our efforts center on education and policy advocacy to reduce youth access to and the appeal of commercial tobacco products and to counteract the tobacco industry's influence. A key part of this program is to promote best practice point- of-sale (pos) policies, including the prohibition of flavored tobacco product sales, to reduce tobacco-related health disparities. This work is primarily conducted in dakota county, mn with additional work conducted in northern hennepin county, mn.”

“Environmental harms of e-cigarettes projects: tfa has two projects that focus on the environmental harms of e-cigarette waste. One project is conducted in dakota county and the other project is conducted in hennepin county. We created a youth group of project area teens to first identify the local environmental impact of e-cigarettes/vaping devices. We use the data collected to inform the development of community-based policy, systems, and environmental (pse) strategies to expand commercial tobacco- free environments, reduce youth e-cigarette initiation, and contribute to sustainable pse change within the project areas.”

“School policy and commercial tobacco prevention and education support: tfa provides technical assistance, guidance and training on tobacco-related pse change options for dakota county public health and provides training and education to project area school staff and communities. Tfa also engages middle and high school students as peer-to-peer vaping prevention educators and advocates in five project area school districts.”