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National Tobacco Control Program Fact Sheets 

References

CDC Office on Smoking and Health

April 2019 

The Problem

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette Smoking Among Adults—United

States, 2005–2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2016;65(44):1205–11.

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50

Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

• Xu X, Bishop EE, Kennedy SM, Simpson SA, Pechacek TF. Annual Healthcare Spending

Attributable to Cigarette Smoking: An Update. American Journal of Preventive Medicine

2014;48(3):326–33.

Data

• National Tobacco Control Program Funding

o Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Available at https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/about/osh/program-funding/index.htm

• Percent of Youth Currently Using Any Tobacco Product

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

System (YRBSS). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/.

• Percent of Youth Currently Smoking Cigarettes

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

System (YRBSS). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/.

• Percent of Adults Currently Smoking Cigarettes

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance

System (BRFSS). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/. Dataset available at:

https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/Survey-Data/Behavioral-Risk-Factor-Data-Tobacco-Use2011-to-pr/wsas-xwh5.

• Smoking Attributable Deaths

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Best Practices for Comprehensive

Tobacco Control Programs — 2014. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

Available at https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/best_practices/

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• Healthcare Costs Due to Smoking

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Best Practices for Comprehensive

Tobacco Control Programs — 2014. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

Available at https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/best_practices/.

• Tips from Former Smokers (Tips)TM Campaign Call Volume

o Data provided by the National Cancer Institute to the Office on Smoking and Health,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Calculations performed by CDC.

Unpublished data.

Public Health Response to Tobacco Use in <State>

o Narratives were drafted by the Office on Smoking and Health and reviewed and

approved by state health department staff in the respective states.

CDC’s Role in Advancing State Tobacco Control Programs 

o National Tobacco Control Program. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Available at

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/tobacco_control_programs/ntcp/ind

ex.htm.

CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers (Tips®) Campaign Helps Alaska Smokers Quit Smoking

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Quitting Smoking Among Adults—

United States, 2000–2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

2017;65(52):1457-64.

o About the Campaign. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/about/index.html.

<State> Tobacco Prevention & Control Programs Reduce Healthcare Costs

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Best Practices for Comprehensive

Tobacco Control Programs — 2014. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

Available at https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/best_practices/.

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