LiveFree—TobaccoFree is a policy-focused, comprehensive approach to tobacco prevention and control on a university/college campus and in the surrounding community. LiveFree—TobaccoFree is a collegiate tobacco control initiative at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), funded through a grant from Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) - Tobacco Free Communities. It is administered by the SIUC Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development (CRHSSD), a research and service entity of the University.

To create a successful campus-wide tobacco control initiative, staff and students throughout the university/college community must be involved in the planning and development of tobacco control intervention strategies. In this toolkit, you will find an organized, systematic process essential to implementing a comprehensive approach to a campus-wide tobacco control initiative. This policy-focused approach simplifies the challenge of establishing goals and objectives for your tobacco control initiative. It includes policy, advocacy, education, prevention, cessation and enforcement. Specific steps are outlined as a resource to assist you in developing your individual campus initiative. Your university/college has its own unique environment and therefore you will need to assess your campus to identify potential partners and their level of readiness to proceed in developing a comprehensive tobacco control initiative.

A comprehensive understanding of the history of tobacco prevention and control will help you develop successful tobacco prevention and control initiatives on your university/college campus.