The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) engages in local and state-wide tobacco control policy efforts focusing on tobacco prevention, eliminating secondhand smoke exposure, promoting cessation services, and identifying and eliminating cancer and other tobacco-related disparities.
We are guided by best practices in tobacco control as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, effective and promising practices of tobacco control programs in effect nationwide, and from the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (e.g., National Institute of Cancer’s Scientific Priorities).
Each year, more than 25,000 Louisianans receive a new cancer diagnosis. Established to improve cancer outcomes and attain an NCI-designated cancer center in the state, the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC) is a collaboration hub that advances groundbreaking research, enhances prevention methods, and accelerates innovative treatments for those touched by the disease.
LCRC provides TFL an opportunity to work in communities in the area of policy coordination, disparities, cessation, and awareness to reduce tobacco use and increase people's awareness about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke to reduce cancer.
Learn more at LouisianaCancerCenter.org.
Quit With Us, LA is a partnership between TFL and the Department of Health and Hospitals Tobacco Control Program (TCP).The Quit With Us, LA website provides tobacco users with important information and tips for quitting, and offers online resources and free cessation programs—all accessible from a single location. For more information visit QuitWithUsLA.org.
Smoking Cessation Trust offers FREE medications, group and individual counseling, and quitline coaching to help for Louisiana residents who started smoking cigarettes before September 1, 1988. Call 1.855.259.6346 or visit SmokingCessationTrust.org to enroll.
TFL is a member is the Tobacco-Free Louisiana Coalition. The Tobacco-Free Louisiana Coalition is a collection of organizations working to protect everyone in our state from the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use.
Earl N. Benjamin-Robinson, DrHSc, CPH
Senior Director, Tobacco & Control Prevention and Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living
504.301.9830 / ebenjamin-robinson@lphi.org
Jenny Dickherber, MSW, MPH
Associate Director, Operations & Health Promotions
215.495.9244 / jdickherber@lphi.org
Erica Turner. DrPH, MPH, CHES
Associate Director, TFL Evaluation
601.327.0022 / eturner@lphi.org
Chrishelle Stipe, MPH, NCTTP
Senior Manager, Health Promotions
504.872.0754 / cstipe@lphi.org
Jaime Cyprian, MPH
Senior Manager, Policy & Statewide Coordination
(St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington)
985.974.7247 / jcyprian@lphi.org
Bradley D. Wellons, MA, JD
Regional Manager, Greater New Orleans & Bayou River
(Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson, St. Charles,
St. John, Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary)
601.422.9575 / bwellons@lphi.org
Janice Ackley, BS
Regional Manager, Southwest Louisiana & Acadiana
(Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St.
Martin, Vermillion, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis)
337.515.2615 / jackley@lphi.org
Mitzi LaSalle, BS
Regional Manager, Central Louisiana
(Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, St. Landry, Vernon, Winn)
318.794.1861 / mlasalle@lphi.org
Feamula R. Bradley, MSEd
Regional Manager, Northwest Louisiana
(Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Desoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster)
318.402.3702 / fbradley@lphi.org
Jennifer Haneline, MSW, LCSW
Regional Manager, Northeast Louisiana
(Caldwell, E. Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison,
Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll)
318.361.7235 /jhaneline@lphi.org
Michelle C. Ozah, BSPH
Senior Coordinator, Social and Health Disparities Senior Coordinator
504.301.9842 / mozah@lphi.org
Adrick Harris, MPH, DrPH(c)
TFL Policy, System, and Environmental Doctoral Fellow
601.316.5172 / aharris@lphi.org
John Marc Sharpe
Director, Communications
504.343.8568 / jmsharpe@lphi.org
Valerie Huntley, BA
Senior Manager, Communications
504.338.8566 / vhuntley@lphi.org
Ed Trapido, ScD, FACE (Chair)
LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health
Dr. Elizabeth Fontham
LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health
Dr. Sarah Moody-Thomas
LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health
Dr. Takeisha Davis
New Orleans East Hospital
Dr. Kathleen Kennedy
Xavier University
Dr. John Couk
LSU Health Care Services
Catherine Levendis
Ochsner Health System
Dr. Valerie Fields
University of Louisiana Monroe
Dr. Robyn Merrick
Southern University System
Dr. Peter Fos
Dillard University
Aaron Hoffman, Ph. D
Tulane School of Tropical Medicine
Melissa Martin
Louisiana Department of Health; Office of Public Health, Well-Ahead Louisiana Program
Dr. Ed Trapido (Ex Officio Member)
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and
Deputy Director for Population Science
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Louisiana State University School of Public Health
Dr. Michael Celestin Jr. (Ex Officio Member)
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Director LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health
Louisiana Tobacco Control Initiative
Dr. Chancellor Donald, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
LDH’s TACL
Chris Benjamin
Office on Smoking and Health
CDC
Rod Lew, MPH
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, & Leadership (APPEAL)
ASPIRE
Natalie Kulick
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA)
Delmonte Jefferson
The Center for Black Health & Equity
Taslim Van Hattum, LCSW, MPH
National Council for Behavioral Health
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
NFN Scout, PhD
National LGBT Cancer Network
National LGBT Tobacco-Related Cancer
John Pang, MD
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Marcela Gaitán, MPH, MA
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Nuestras Voces (Our Voices)
Dwana Dee Calhoun
CDC Network
SelfMade Health
Damien R. Bellard
EMT
MarvKevea Campbell
Owner
MarvKevea Learning Center
Victor Jones
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
Marianna Montero
Executive Director
Golden Change
Tonja Myles
Trained to Fight While Wounded
Gjvar Payne
Capital Area Reentry Program
Brenda Scarborough
Jennings Housing Authority
Shannon Warren
Unitech Training Academy
Alaiyia Williams
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Bach Therapeutic Counseling Services
Mark Windham
Go Care Community Health Center
DC Sills
musician
Lang Le
Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training
Samuel Burgess, MA
MSHCM LA Department of Health
Brad Wellons
TFL Region 1 Manager and Deaf Advocate
Jamea L. Hart
Communities of Color Region 8
Louisiana Healthy Community Coalitions
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
American Lung Association
American Cancer Society-Cancer Action Network
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Ochsner Health System
Rapides Foundation
American Legacy Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health
Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
Louisiana Cultural Healthcare Initiative
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Addictive Disorders
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Tobacco Control Program
Louisiana Higher Education Coalition
Louisiana Primary Care Association
Louisiana Rural Health Association
LSU Health Sciences Center Tobacco Control Initiative
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation