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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. 

After eight years, 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 240,000 (25 percent).  Learn more in the 2009 Progress Report.

2009 Progress Report
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2009 Tobacco Program Progress Report		   25% Fewer Adult Smokers
Click Here		 50% Fewer Youth Smokers
 

 

For more information about...
Washington State's comprehensive program to prevent and reduce tobacco use, click here.
Quitting tobacco, call the Washington Tobacco Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW or visit QuitLine.com

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Protecting yourself from toxic secondhand smoke, visit SmokeFreeWashington.com
 

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The campaign to prevent youth from starting to use tobacco, visit NoStankYou.com.

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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
Washington State Department of Health
111 Israel Rd, PO BOX 47848
Olympia, WA 98504-7848

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