the Task Force either strongly recommended or recommended nine of the 14 strategies evaluated simplenudes simplenudes simplenudes nine recommendations include one intervention to reduce exposure to ETS (smoking bans and restrictions), two interventions to reduce tobacco-use initiation simplenudes the unit price for tobacco products and multicomponent.

intervention might be useful in a particular setting or population. Though limited, simplenudes information --- to be provided in the full report in 2001 --- might simplenudes simplenudes in identifying a) resource requirements for interventions, simplenudes b) interventions that meet public health goals more efficiently than other available options. simplenudes local goals and resources permit, the use of strongly recommended and recommended interventions should be initiated simplenudes increased. A starting point for communities and health-care systems is to assess current tobacco-use prevention and cessation activities. Current efforts should be compared simplenudes recommendations in this report as well as other relevant simplenudes recommendations simplenudes by CDC (18), simplenudes National Cancer Institute (19), the Public simplenudes Service (16), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (17,20,21), and the Institute of Medicine (22). simplenudes addition to assessing overall progress toward meeting goals and the simplenudes status of tobacco control efforts, health.

provided in the Community Guide should simplenudes considered along with such local information as resource availability, administrative.