Best Paractices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs

These are some highlights from the recently released Best Practices document from the CDC. Follow this link to find the complete CDC document: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/stateandcommunity/best_practices/index.htm

The more states spend on comprehensive tobacco control programs, the greater the reductions
in smoking—and the longer states invest in such programs, the greater and faster the impact.

Evidence-based statewide tobacco control programs that are comprehensive, sustained, and
accountable have been shown to reduce the number of tobacco-related deaths and disease.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the recommended level of investment for tobacco prevention and control in Virginia is $103.2 million per year, or $13.50 per capita.

In Virginia, an estimated 9,300 adults are projected to die each year from smoking.
For each person who dies, another 20 people are suffering with at least one serious
tobacco-related illness.

If current smoking rates among people younger than age 18 continue, an estimated 152,000
of these Virginia youth are projected to die from smoking.