title: Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative and National Blueprint for Action.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the formation of the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC), a voluntary collaborative of leading funders of youth tobacco cessation research and services.
  
  
  METHODS
  The long-term goal and specific short-term (2-year) goals, strategies, and accomplishments are briefly described with reference to its guiding action plan: National Blueprint for Action: Youth and Young Adult Tobacco-Use Cessation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Aiming to accelerate the pace of discovery and application, YTCC efforts have created a strategic vision for making progress toward filling key knowledge and intervention gaps.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lessons learned about effective partnership are reviewed, and future directions are described.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Branch, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. cto@rwjf.org
authors.forename: C Tracy
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Orleans
authors.forename: Elaine Bratic
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Arkin
authors.forename: Cathy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Backinger
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crossett
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Husten
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malarcher
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Catherine O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Maule
authors.forename: Amber Hardy
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Thornton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration