Extinguishing the Tobacco Epidemic in Colorado [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:
  COLORADO KEY FACTS
  
  In 2015, 31.4% of U.S. high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes. Among U.S. high school youth, 10.8% reported currently smoking cigarettes.
  
  PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO TOBACCO USE IN COLORADO
  
  There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. In 2006, Colorado became the 7th state to enact a comprehensive smoke-free law that prohibits smoking in all indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants, and bars. However, smoke-free efforts did not end in 2006. Upon request, the state provides research findings, data and analysis, and scientific consultation to communities, multiunit housing operators, hospitals, businesses, and colleges and universities that want to protect residents from secondhand smoke. In Colorado, at least 25 public housing authorities have adopted smoke-free policies for housing units, and seven colleges and universities have adopted tobacco-free campus policies, including the University of Colorado campuses in Boulder and Denver.
  
  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:
  Colorado
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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