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 Tobacco
Prevention & Cessation Program
Contact
Megan Cody, Tobacco Prevention & Control Specialist
270-247-1490
Check out the local Smoke
Free Restaurants!
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4 CDC
(Centers for Disease Control) Tobacco Prevention & Control Program
Goals:
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1. Promote smoking cessation for youth & adults
2. Prevent youth initiation of
tobacco use, using school based,
scientifically proven curricula.
3. Reduce exposure to secondhand
smoke.
4. Eliminate disparities between
population groups, such as
pregnant
women and minorities.
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Kentucky Statistics
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*Kentucky leads the nation with the highest smoking rates.
*Kentucky's
adult smoking rate is 28%, U.S. average is 21%.
*Kentucky's
youth smoking rate is 34%, U.S. average is 23%.
*The current
adult smoking rate for the Purchase District is 25-26%.
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2007-2008 Activities
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What is Secondhand
Smoke?
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Also known as
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke |
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A mixture
of the smoke given off by the burning end of tobacco products (sidestream
smoke) and the smoke exhaled by smokers (mainstream smoke) |
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Made up of
over 4,000 chemical compounds and 40 Group A carcinogens known
to cause cancer in humans for which there is no safe level of
exposure (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Proposed Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a
Toxic Air Contaminant: Air Resources Board, Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment; June 24, 2005.) |
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Kentucky Minors' Access Laws
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*State enforcement conducted by the
Department for Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
*Department of Agriculture responsible for a state educational
program
*Miss Kentucky Program
*Call 1-800-TEEN-BUY to report illegal tobacco sales to minors
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EPA's
Smoke-Free Home Pledge Campaign
Call 1-800-513-1157 and pledge that your home will be smoke
free, or visit
www.epa.gov/iaq/ets.
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Resources are
available for use by churches, schools
etc...(Videos, lesson plans, fact sheets, and displays)
call (270)247-1490 or contact Megan by email at:
Megane.Cody
@ky.gov
Thanks For Visiting! As
Of June 14, 2004
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