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The 2025 Supporting Tobacco-Free Recovery for Next Generation Thriving Heroes (STRENGTH) Community of Practice (CoP) was a collaborative effort co-led by the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control (NBHN) and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) Disability Network for Tobacco Control and Cancer Prevention. Faculty for the CoP included the NBHN and Disability Network teams; partners from the University of Alabama at Birmingham; the University of California San Francisco’s Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC); the University of Colorado’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Program (BHWP); Lakeshore Foundation; National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disabilities (NCHPAD); Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs; and the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI). To best demonstrate the CoP’s overall impact in assisting states to initiate and/or enhance practice changes that address commercial tobacco-related imbalances impacting veterans with disabilities, a mixed methods evaluation was conducted by MPHI and NACDD using multiple data sources. This report presents the major findings of the CoP evaluation.
