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10 Ways to Limit Tobacco
This comprehensive yet easy-to-use brochure describes 10 legal policy options for local governments to limit tobacco use, sales, and marketing in their communities.

A Legal Primer for the Obesity Prevention Movement
Public health advocates and scientists working on obesity prevention policy face challenges in balancing legal rights, individual freedom, and societal health goals. In particular, the US Constitution and the 50 state constitutions place limits on the ability of government to act, even in the best interests of the public.

A Look at State Rules Affecting Joint Use Agreements
Does your state allow – or possibly even encourage or require – opening school grounds for use by the community? In these lean economic times, it makes sense to find out and take advantage of state laws that may work for your community when considering joint use agreements. These products from NPLAN provide an overview laws addressing the joint use of school facilities in all 50 states.

A Roadmap for Healthier General Plans
A community’s general plan can go a long way toward creating healthier neighborhoods – increasing opportunities to buy fresh foods, making it easier to walk and bike throughout the day, reducing crime and pollution, and more.

Additional resources to help you implement smokefree housing policies
The following resources accompany TALC's fact sheet, Creating Smokefree Policies for Affordable Housing in California.

Administrative Enforcement Roadmap
A concern frequently voiced by tobacco control advocates is that existing tobacco control laws are not properly enforced.

An Introduction to Land Use Planning for Food System Activists

This article in the Community Food Security Coalition News connects the dots between land use planning and healthier communities, and is geared toward food system activists.

ANRF List of Communities with Licensing and Self-Service Display Ordinances
The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation publishes a list, updated quarterly, of California communities with laws restricting youth access to tobacco.

Breaking Down the Chain
What does it take to produce and sell a soft drink today? From manufacturing and bottling to market research and distribution, the soft drink industry involves a complex and sometimes mysterious chain of players, systems, and strategies.

Bringing Free Drinking Water Back to California Schools

In schools throughout California, the drinking fountains we might remember from our youth have become all but relics of the past.