General Substance Abuse Prevention services are aimed to inform the general public about risk factors for substance use or abuse. Services are focused to prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs among youth families and communities statewide. Services are delivered through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/ Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. ( SAMHSA/ CSAP Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant required six prevention strategies that include: -Information dissemination -Education -Alternatives -Problem identification and referral - Community based (that is, through policy, media, education and advocacy) and - Environmental Strategies The majority of prevention services are Information distribution and education to the public. Providers of these prevention services use several set approaches that have been found to be effective based on evidence. These evidence based programs, policies and practices are deemed as effective and listed on the National Registry of Evidence based Programs and Practices. Substance abuse prevention messages that were designed to be appropriate for diverse groups within our culture are delivered by providers via media and include radio, television, and print. Substance abuse prevention activities include the implementation of evidence based curricula for universal, selective, and indicated populations. Tobacco use prevention initiatives attempt to reduce youth access to tobacco products as required by the federal Synar Amendment. Areas of focus include community collaboration, merchant education, and law enforcement related activities.