Extinguishing the Tobacco Epidemic in Arkansas [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:
  ARKANSAS KEY FACTS
  
  In 2015, 36.9% of Arkansas high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes. Among Arkansas high school youth, 15.7% reported currently smoking cigarettes.
  
  PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO TOBACCO USE IN ARKANSAS
  
  There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. Arkansas does not have a comprehensive smoke-free law to protect people from secondhand smoke in all indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants, and bars, but the state has implemented a state law that prohibits smoking in cars with children. Upon request, the state provides research, data, and scientific consultation to communities, multiunit housing operators, hospitals, businesses, and colleges and universities that want to protect residents from secondhand smoke. Through state and local collaborations with community-based partners, Arkansas has established over 126 tobacco-free policies protecting more than 669,421 residents in parks, colleges, and businesses. Further, every college campus in Arkansas has been smoke-free since 2009, including the use of electronic cigarettes since 2015.
  
  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:
  Arkansas
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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