Extinguishing the Tobacco Epidemic in Utah [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:
  UTAH 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 UTAH ; Utah has the lowest cigarette smoking rates in the country. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. Utah implemented a comprehensive smoke-free law prohibiting smoking in all indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants, and bars in 2009. Since that law was enacted, Utah has continued to inform efforts to protect residents from exposure to secondhand smoke. Upon request, the state 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. Currently, there are more than 35,000 smoke-free housing units in 18 Utah counties. Further, the state has developed a toolkit and signage to assist communities/property management companies that voluntarily adopt smoke-free housing. ; 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
• Corporate as Subject:
  National Tobacco Control Program (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Utah
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered page
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51896/cdc_51896_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 341.21 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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