Tobacco Education Research Oversight Committee

Master Plan

The Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee (TEROC) was established by the enabling legislation for Proposition 99 (California Health and Safety Code, Sections 104370) which mandates TEROC to:

Mission

Prepare

Prepare a comprehensive Master Plan to guide California tobacco control efforts, tobacco use prevention education, and tobacco-related disease research;

Advise

Advise the California Department of Public Health, the California Department of Education, and the University of California regarding the administration of Proposition 99 funded programs;

Monitor

Monitor the use of Proposition 99 tobacco tax revenues for tobacco control programs, prevention education, and tobacco-related research; and

Provide

Provide programmatic and budgetary reports on Proposition 99 tobacco control efforts to the California Legislature with recommendations for any necessary policy changes or improvements.