Extinguishing the Tobacco Epidemic in Alaska [2017]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  ALASKA KEY FACTS
  
  In 2015, 30.9% of Alaska high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product, including e -cigarettes. Among Alaska high school youth, 11.1% reported currently smoking cigarettes.
  
  PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO TOBACCO USE IN ALASKA
  
  There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. Alaska does not have a statewide law protecting people from secondhand smoke in workplaces, restaurants, and bars. However, the state provides research, data and analysis, and scientific consultation to communities, tribes and businesses that want to protect residents from secondhand smoke. As a result, over 40% of Alaska residents are protected by local smoke-free laws that prohibit smoking in all indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants, and bars. Further, 59% (134 of 228) of the Federally recognized tribes in Alaska have adopted smoke-free and tobacco-free policies. The University of Alaska system has a tobacco free policy for all campuses and 10 of 14 public housing authorities are smoke-free, including those in Juneau, Petersburg, and Bristol Bay Borough. Finally, 41 of the state’s 54 public school districts have tobacco-free school policies.
  
  For more information on tobacco prevention and control, visit cdc.gov/tobacco.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Financing, Governmental Tobacco Use Cessation
• Series:
  National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) State Fact Sheets
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Tobacco Control Program (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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