About 100% TFS

This website is designed to provide parents, teachers, students, administrators, coaches and community advocates with information about North Carolina's 100% Tobacco-Free Schools initiative funded by the Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF). A 100% Tobacco-Free School prohibits all tobacco use anytime, anywhere by anyone on all school property and at all school-sponsored events. School property includes buildings, grounds and vehicles owned or leased by the school. School-sponsored events include sporting events, school dances and other events held on and off school property.

The goal of HWTF's 100% TFS statewide campaign, including this website, is to protect our children's health by encouraging all 115 school districts in North Carolina to adopt a model 100% tobacco-free policy. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue serves as the chair of HWTF and has been a strong leader for the state's 100% TFS initiative. HWTF staff works closely with the NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch to promote smoke-free environments and tobacco-free lifestyles throughout the state, particularly among North Carolina youth.

This website combines the strengths of government and university resources in North Carolina. Researchers at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health and the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention developed the site content. Much of this content was adapted from previous research conducted by the NC DHHS Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch.

If you have any questions regarding content on this site, requests for additional content, or to submit a TFS success story, please send an email to tobaccofreeschools.nc@ncmail.net.