Tobacco Prevention: A Top Priority

• 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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Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

• Learn about Washington's comprehensive secondhand smoke efforts.

• Learn more about the effects of secondhand smoke.

  • Keep your family safe from secondhand smoke

• View the secondhand smoke television ads  (Note: requires QuickTime and may be slow to download due to file size).

• Washington laws that govern exposure to secondhand smoke

  • Report a violation of the Smoking in Public Places Law

Where to find anti-tobacco information in your:

• Cross-cultural community

• County

• Tribe

• Educational Service District

Tobacco use rates in Washington State

Tobacco use rates by county
 

Links to external sites of interest*

• The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General (2006)

• American Cancer Society

• American Lung Association of Washington

• Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes

• CDC Healthy People 2010 Goals for Second Hand Smoke Programs

• Revised Code of Washington (RCW),
  Washington Administrative Code (WAC), laws and rules
   

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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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