Extinguishing the Tobacco Epidemic in Nevada [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:
  NEVADA KEY FACTS
  
  In 2015, 30.4% of Nevada high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes. Among Nevada high school youth, 7.5% reported currently smoking cigarettes.
  
  PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO TOBACCO USE IN NEVADA
  
  There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. Nevada funds three local health districts to work on educational media campaigns, educate youth on the dangers of secondhand smoke, expand tobacco-free universities and colleges, and smoke-free multiunit housing. Tobacco-free environments mean that no tobacco product is used at any time, whereas smoke-free environments prohibit the use of combusted tobacco products only. Smoke-free and tobacco-free environments prevent initiation, encourage quitting, and protect nonsmokers from the harms of secondhand smoke exposure. In 2014, the University of Nevada, Reno, enacted a tobacco-free campus policy, which protects approximately 21,000 undergraduate students from secondhand smoke exposure on campus.
  
  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:
  Nevada
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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