Tobacco Prevention: A Top Priority

• Data & Reports

• Preventing youth from beginning tobacco use

• Helping people quit

• Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke

• Reducing tobacco use in high-risk groups

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www.doh.wa.gov
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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: 

• Prevent youth from beginning to use tobacco.

• Help youth and adults quit using tobacco.

• Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Reduce tobacco use in high-risk groups.

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 295,000 (30 percent). 

View Tobacco Prevention & Control Program (PDF 88 KB) 
View Funding History (PDF 40 KB)
View Burden of Tobacco on Washington fact sheet  (PDF 104 KB) 
View other fact sheets about Tobacco Program activities

Where to find anti-tobacco information in your:

• County

• Tribe

• Educational Service District

• Cross-cultural community

Tobacco use rates in Washington State

• Washington State Tobacco Facts (PDF 96 KB)

Tobacco use rates by county

Program Reports

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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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