Our Funding

The Center for Smoking Cessation at Seton Health is 100% grant-funded. Currently, the Center’s funding comes exclusively from the New York Tobacco Control Program (TCP). TCP is funded annually through a state appropriation of $41 million and a grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of $1.87 million. TCP was established in 2000 and built on an existing tobacco control infrastructure of state and community programs funded during the 1990s by the National Cancer Institute and the CDC. TCP funds various tobacco prevention and cessation programs throughout New York State including the New York State Smokers’ Quitline.

Seton Health System – Fiscal Agent

Seton Health is a comprehensive community-based health care system anchored by St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy, New York. Seton’s mission, to serve all people with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable, emphasizes “healthcare that works, healthcare that is safe and healthcare that leaves no one behind.”  Over 1,700 employees provide care at 20 sites in Rensselaer, Albany and southern Saratoga counties. 

Seton Health’s commitment to community health is evident in the array of outreach programs that have been developed over many years.  The “star” of these community health efforts has been the Center for Smoking Cessation at Seton Health created in 2001.  Funded by a variety of grant funds, the Center has shown its creativity and flexibility as it has changed and adapted to improve and grow. The Center is now operating three distinct programs all of which are focused on public health initiatives.  A fourth grant funds community partnership efforts.