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Making Washington
a Healthier Place to Live

Tobacco use is the nation's number one cause of preventable death, killing more people every year than AIDS, alcohol, drugs, murders, suicides, car crashes, and fires, combined.

In 2000, the Washington State Department of Health received funding from the settlement of a lawsuit against tobacco companies and greatly expanded its 10-year-old tobacco prevention and control program.

The department and its partners are working to: 

After only six years of implementation, the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and its statewide partners have successfully reduced the number of Washington kids smoking by about 65,000 (50 percent) and the number of adults smoking by 235,000 (24 percent). 

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Published research validates Washington tobacco control program
Our success in reducing smoking was recently featured  in Preventing Chronic Disease, a peer-reviewed publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The article, “Effective Tobacco Control in Washington State: A Smart Investment for Healthy Futures,” compared trends in adult and youth smoking for Washington and the rest of the country. It also compared the components of our program to the framework for tobacco control as recommended by CDC. The research findings show that an adequate level of sustained funding is needed to achieve continued reductions in tobacco use.

The journal is available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/. The article can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/jul/06_0109.htm.

For more information, contact Mike Boysun at 360-236-3671 or mike.boysun@doh.wa.gov.
 

Where to find anti-tobacco information in your:

Tobacco use rates in Washington State

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* Links to external resources are provided as a public service for educational purposes only. External links do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health of any political, commercial, promotional or other proprietary content that may be included in linked Web sites.

Linked external Web pages are routinely monitored by the Department for materials that advocate for political outcomes. If you find any materials on a directly linked Web page that advocates for, or against, any political candidates, ballot measures, or referendums, please contact us immediately so that the link may be promptly removed.

 

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Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
Department of Health
111 Israel Rd
Tumwater WA 98501

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PO BOX 47848
Olympia WA 98504-7848

Phone: (360) 236-3730
Fax: (360) 236-3646

Last Update : 04/18/2008 01:00 PM
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