EVAL 25-10023 California Tobacco Retail Environment Studies Grant

The EVAL 25-10023 California Tobacco Retail Environment Studies, led by the California Department of Public Health, aims to assess and monitor California's tobacco retail environment. This initiative will involve biannual surveys of tobacco retail stores, observation surveys in various communities, and analysis of retail scanner sales data. The goal is to evaluate the impact of policies on tobacco marketing and availability, ensuring a healthier environment free from tobacco influence.

California Department of Public Health
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public’s health and shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families and communities. Public health is for everyone; not just in emergencies but in everyday life — from heart health and mental wellness to food safety and the prevention of infectious and chronic diseases. Our programs and services, in collaboration with local health departments, state, federal and private partners, touch the lives of every Californian and visitor, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The California Tobacco Control Branch
The California Tobacco Control Branch leads statewide and local health programs, services and activities that promote an environment truly free of tobacco. ​
Purpose
The purpose of this Solicitation is to request competitive proposals from eligible, experienced agencies to conduct high-quality studies and maintain monitoring tools to evaluate California’s tobacco retail environment including:
Two waves of a biannual survey of randomly sampled tobacco retail stores to assess tobacco retail marketing, availability of tobacco products, and tobacco prices.One wave of retail observation surveys or tobacco product purchase surveys in matched and/or contiguous communities to evaluate state and local policies that restrict flavored tobacco sales or ban tobacco product sales.One wave of retail scanner sales data analyzed to assess changes in tobacco product availability and sales in California.Maintenance of the CTHAT tobacco retailer mapping tool.
Services include developing sampling frames, developing data collection instruments, data collection, data management, data cleaning and weighting, data analysis, writing final reports, managing mapping information, updating mapping information, testing user experience, providing technical support, and disseminating major findings.