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FACTS    

• 45.3 million adults in the U.S. smoked cigarettes in 2006.

• 8% of middle school students reported smoking in 2005, as did 23% of high school students¹. 13.9% of male high school students reported using smokeless tobacco.²

• Higher smoking prevalence in adults is associated with being male, having fewer years of education, living below the poverty level, and being 18 to 44 years of age.
• Smoking in the U.S. has been in decline for four decades. However, recent surveys suggest that this decline has stalled.³
  

• The costs of smoking-related illness amount to more than $167 billion every year in the U.S.⁴

NEWS

• July 27, 2009  Arkansas Tobacco Program, Ethanol Industry's Use of Antibiotics Named "Best, Worst Prevention Ideas of the Week." Read more.
• July 20, 2009  Smoke-free military recommendation, zoning out of DC needle exchanges named "Best, Worst Prevention Ideas of the Week." Read more.
• July 1, 2009  FDA tobacco law, late HIV/AIDS testing named "Best, Worst Prevention Ideas of the Week." Read more.
• June 12, 2009  Congress Sends FDA Tobacco Bill to President. Read more.
• June 11, 2009  Partnership Praises Senate Approval of FDA Bill. Read more.
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ACTTION

• ACTTION Plan
• Endorse the Call for ACTTION
• For more information, visit www.acttiontoquit.org

RESOURCES

Partnership Policies and Publications

• Save Lives and Money (January 2010) - A guide from Partnership for Prevention and the American Lung Association urging states to cover all treatments state employees need to quit tobacco.
  
  
• Investing in a Tobacco-Free Future - This publication gives insight to how a business or community can benefit from going tobacco free by improving productivity and profit while reducing health care costs
  
  
• Healthcare Provider Reminder Systems, Provider Education, and Patient Education: Working with Healthcare Delivery Systems to Improve the Delivery of Tobacco-Use Treatment to Patients—An Action Guide (2008)-  This guide was developed in partnership with the CDC to act as a tool and guide healthcare professionals on the delivery of systems to improve rates of tobacco-use treatment.
  
  
• Employer Tobacco Control Strategies Video Series - These videos feature case studies to assist employers and the community for tobacco control by maximizing the preventive impact of the services.
  
  
• Smoke-Free Policies: Establishing a Smoke-Free Ordinance to Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Indoor Worksites and Public Places—An Action Guide (2007) - This guide is designed to assist public health practitioners invested in reducing secondhand smoke exposure and using effective community-level strategies to do so.      Order
  
  
• Priorities for America's Health: Capitalizing on Life-Saving, Cost-Effective Preventive Services - The findings from our analysis of the health impact and cost effectiveness of tobacco cessation counseling and other effective clinical preventive services were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
  
  
• Chronic Disease Prevention Action Planning for States and Communities Handbook and Case Studies (2005) - This collection of case studies, in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Promotion, is intended to offer snapshots of some key features that relate to enhancing the effectiveness of chronic disease prevention.  Alameda County, California; Austin and Travis County, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Contra Costa County, California; North Carolina; Texas; and West Virginia are discussed in this handbook.

Government Information and Publications

• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update - This clinical practice guideline was developed by the U.S. Public Health Service.  This updated guide discusses new counseling and medication treatments that have proven effective.
  
  
• Healthcare Provider Reminder Systems, Provider Education, and Patient Education: Working with Healthcare Delivery Systems to Improve the Delivery of Tobacco-Use Treatment to Patients—An Action Guide (2008) -  This guide was developed in partnership with the CDC to act as a tool and guide healthcare professionals on the delivery of systems to improve rates of tobacco-use treatment
  
  
• MMWR on Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments -  Despite high smoking prevalence (35 percent) among recipients, high economic burden, and the availability of evidence-based and cost-effective treatments, eight state Medicaid programs did not cover any tobacco-dependence treatments, and only one program (Oregon) covered all recommended treatments in 2006. Providing full Medicaid coverage for all recommended tobacco dependence treatments, eliminating barriers to the use of these treatments, promoting treatment use, and educating Medicaid recipients and providers about coverage are critical to reducing tobacco use among this increased-risk population.
  
  
• Testimony for the Interim Health and Welfare Committee of the Kentucky General Assembly, November 15, 2006. Delivered by Dr. Steven H. Woolf - On behalf of Partnership for Prevention’s National Commission on Prevention Priorities, Dr. Woolf argues that tobacco cessation counseling is more important than anything else doctors do and is a benchmark of health care system quality.

Worksite Policies and Programs 

• Investing in a Tobacco-Free Future - This publication gives insight to how a business or community can benefit from going tobacco free by improving productivity and profit while reducing health care costs.
  
  
• Employer Tobacco Control Strategies Video Series - These videos feature case studies to assist employers and the community for tobacco control by maximizing the preventive impact of the services

Other Resources

• Saving Lives, Saving Money II: Tobacco-Free States Spend Less on Medicaid - This report was developed by the American Legacy Foundation in 2007 to show the impact that effective smoking cessation programs can have on state Medicaid expenditures.