Strategies

Deliver tobacco cessation advice and motivational messages via text or video message

Provide information about contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in classroom or community settings

Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings

Provide outreach and support to assist those whose employers do not offer affordable coverage, who are self-employed, or who are unemployed

Coordinate efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents with work, vocational training, or sports

Use websites, computer programs, and other electronic means to provide information, strategies, or behavioral support to tobacco users who want to quit, sometimes with counseling or pharmacotherapy

Support initiatives that combine multiple components such as education, skills building, and contraceptive promotion to reduce pregnancy among youth

Establish transportation services for areas with low population densities using publicly funded buses and vans on a set schedule, dial-a-ride transit, volunteer ridesharing, etc.

Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates

Teach students personal and social skills to avoid tobacco use; led by teachers, health educators, or students in elementary schools, middle schools, or high schools