Extinguishing the Tobacco Epidemic in Pennsylvania [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:
  PENNSYLVANIA KEY FACTS
  
  In 2015, 32.3% of Pennsylvania high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes. Among Pennsylvania high school youth, 12.9% reported currently smoking cigarettes.
  
  PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO TOBACCO USE IN PENNSYLVANIA
  
  Pennsylvania has a history of successfully working with youth on tobacco prevention. For example, there is a statewide youth group that focuses on smoke-free air and tobacco prevention in schools and communities. Also, Pennsylvania’s Young Lungs at Play Program focuses on expanding tobacco free parks and playgrounds at the local level. Because of work by this group, almost 75% of the state’s children live in a city or county with tobacco-free playgrounds. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes respiratory infections, ear infections, and more frequent and severe asthma in children, as well as stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. Efforts to protect Pennsylvanians have expanded and Pennsylvania provides research, 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.
  
  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:
  Pennsylvania
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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