Overview

The Program Training and Consultation Centre (PTCC) is a resource centre of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy and the Ontario Health Promotion Resource System (OHPRS), responsible for providing training and technical assistance to health professionals working in tobacco control in Ontario. PTCC works closely with Tobacco Control Area Networks (TCANs) and Ontario public health units.

Our Mission

The Program Training and Consultation Centre increases the capacity of organizations and providers to deliver effective, comprehensive, tobacco use reduction interventions in Ontario. (“Tobacco use” refers to the use of commercial tobacco products including: cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco and snus).

Our Mandate

PTCC builds capacity in tobacco control at the local level through training, consultation, resource development, media analysis, and referral services. Groups to whom we provide services include, but are not limited to:

• Ontario public health units and Tobacco Control Area Networks (TCANs)
• Local tobacco-free coalition members
• Community health centre staff
• Voluntary organizations staff/volunteers
• Health care providers