CDPHP Announcement - Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Annual Report FY2018 - POSTED

Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control
Annual Report FY2018
 

“We have more to do to help protect Americans from the dangers of tobacco and nicotine, especially our youth.”   —Sylvia Burwell, Former Secretary, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services 5

Alaskans know health is more than something we get in hospitals and doctors’ offices, rather it starts in our families,
schools and workplaces, in our playgrounds, parks and in the air we breathe. The Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program has been working to give everyone a chance to live a healthier life free from tobacco.1 ...

The LEADING PREVENTABLE CAUSE of DEATH
Due to the devastating impact tobacco use has on health, it continues to be the leading preventable cause of death even though much has been accomplished.2 Every year in Alaska, tobacco causes more deaths than from suicide, motor vehicle crashes, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, homicide, and HIV/AIDS combined.3

... To read more go to the Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program page and download the Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Annual Report FY2018.

2018 Annual Report - Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control

 

Sources:
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs–2014. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/best_practices/pdfs/2014/comprehensive.pdf.
3 Alaska Tobacco Facts, 2018 update. Available from http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Chronic/Documents/Tobacco/PDF/2018_AKTobaccoFacts.pdf.
5 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General 2016. Available
from: https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/2016_sgr_full_report_non-508.pdf

To learn more about tobacco control efforts in Alaska please visit the Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program page.



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