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Overview of Tobacco Use in Cuyahoga County

Overview of Tobacco Use in Cuyahoga County. Erika Trapl , PhD Associate Director, PRCHN Assistant professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and biostatistics Cuyahoga County Health Alliance Tobacco-Free Workshop August 24, 2012. Outline. What is the PRC? Brief history of local tobacco control

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Overview of Tobacco Use in Cuyahoga County

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  1. Overview of Tobacco Use in Cuyahoga County Erika Trapl, PhD Associate Director, PRCHN Assistant professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and biostatistics Cuyahoga County Health Alliance Tobacco-Free Workshop August 24, 2012

  2. Outline • What is the PRC? • Brief history of local tobacco control • Tobacco use over the past decade • Adult attitudes towards tobacco-free laws • Adolescent tobacco use • Tobacco-free policies

  3. Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods • Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • One of 37 PRCs across the country. • Mission: to foster partnerships within Cleveland’s urban neighborhoods for developing, testing, and implementing strategies to prevent and reduce the burden of chronic disease. Working with communitiesfrom within to preventand reduce chronic disease.

  4. Cost of Tobacco Use TOBACCO USE IS STILL THE #1 PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US. During 2000–2004, cigarette smoking was estimated to be responsible for $193 billion in annual health-related economic losses in the United States • $96 billion in direct medical costs and an additional $97 billion in lost productivity).

  5. Brief History of Local Tobacco Control • Master Settlement Agreement: 1998 • Cuyahoga County Comprehensive Partnership for Tobacco Reduction: 2001 • Aggressively funded local tobacco control programming through Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation until 2008 • Increase in state excise tax to $1.25: 2005 • Smoke-Free Ohio (Clean Indoor Air): 2006 • Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation abolished: 2008 • Federal tobacco tax increase: 2009

  6. Cigarette Use: County, State and National Comparison (2003-2007) 2010: 20.5% Source: Cuyahoga County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey; CDC BRFSS

  7. Attitudes towards Tobacco-free Policies • The majority of Cuyahoga County adults (82.8%) report that they approve of the Smoke-Free Ohio Act • Non-smokers (87.6%) and smokers (58.1%). • 26.4% of smokers who made at least one quit attempt in the past 12 months said that non-smoking workplace policies led them to do so. Source: 2007 Cuyahoga County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

  8. Smoking and Children • In 2007, 70.5% of smokers agreed/strongly agreed that their children are upset by their smoking • 65.6% reported that their children have talked to them about quitting • If we coupled this with worksite policies… • So, what about the kids? Source: 2007 Cuyahoga County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

  9. Adolescent Tobacco Use in Cuyahoga Co. Source: 2010-2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data

  10. Tobacco-Free Campuses • July 2011: Ohio State Board of Education Supports Tobacco-Free Schools • Voted 15-0 to adopt a resolution endorsing the 100 percent tobacco-free school campuses model policy • July 2012: Ohio Board of Regents Recommends Tobacco Ban • Each board of trustees of the University System of Ohio should consider implementing its own policy to establish its campus as tobacco-free

  11. Tobacco Control: Next Steps • Tobacco-Free Worksite CAMPUS Policies • Benefits to Employees • Benefits to Employers • Benefits to surrounding community by changing perceptions and values

  12. Thank you…Questions? Contact Info: Erika Trapl, PhD Erika.Trapl@case.edu 216-368-0098

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