The Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools) is a Web portal that provides access to data and research-tested resources that can help tobacco control planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based tobacco control programs. Working through the 5 steps for comprehensive cancer control planning, those interested in developing evidence-based tobacco control programs can:

1. Assess program priorities by analyzing the cancer burden on a local, state, or national level and assess risk factors to help identify high-risk populations and tobacco control and cancer control priorities.
2. Identify potential partners working with community-based tobacco control programs by accessing contact information for ACS's Regional Cancer Control Planners, CDC's Comprehensive Cancer Control Network, Commission on Cancer’s state liaisons, and NCI's Cancer Information Service, as well as local tobacco control researchers funded by ACS, AHRQ, CDC, and NCI.
3. Research reviews of different intervention approaches.  Learn about the most effective approaches for comprehensive cancer control and the research that examines various intervention strategies and approaches that have been shown to be effective or ineffective.
4. Find research-tested intervention programs and products.  Adapt and adopt tobacco control interventions to address objectives by accessing an inventory of programs developed from scientific studies that have been shown to be effective; many of these programs can be downloaded or ordered free of cost.
5. Plan and evaluate your program. Review resources and guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive cancer control programs, and access tools for putting prevention into practice.

To access these tools please visit http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/.