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Tobacco Prevention and Control

The Tobacco Prevention and Control (TPC) Branch works with local coalitions, community agencies, and state and national partners to implement and evaluate effective tobacco prevention and cessation activities that meet the following goals:

• Eliminating environmental tobacco use exposure.
• Promoting quitting among adults and youth.
• Preventing youth initiation.
• Identifying and eliminating disparities among populations.

Secondhand Smoke

This is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke kills over 750 nonsmoking Alabamians each year. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased rish for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems, severe asthma, and reduced lung function. Learn what you can do to help.

Alabama Quitline

Studies show about 70 percent of all smokers want to quit. In Alabama, tobacco users can get free help by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or visiting quitnowalabama.com. Key findings of The Burden of Tobacco in Alabama are noted below.

 

Alabama Tobacco Quitline

Tabaco de Alabama Quitline en Español

Quitting tobacco isn’t easy. That’s why we are here to help.

The Alabama Tobacco Quitline (1-800 Quit Now) is a free telephone and online coaching service for any Alabamian who is ready to quit tobacco. Information, referrals and counseling are confidential, and sessions are designed on a schedule convenient for the caller. Those who enroll in the counseling program can receive, if medically eligible, up to eight weeks of nicotine patches to assist in quitting. Call 1-800 Quit Now (1-800-784-8669) or visit www.quitnowalabama.com to enroll in the program.

All services are free for Alabama residents.

Tobacco Use in Alabama

• High school students who smoke: 18.6% (Girls: 14.8%; Boys: 22.2%)
• Male high school students who use smokeless or spit tobacco: 19.1%
• Kids (under 18) who become new daily smokers each year: 9,300
• Kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home: 289,000
• Packs of cigarettes bought or smoked by kids each year: 12.8 million
• Adults in Alabama who smoke: 22.5% (Men – 25.7%; Women – 19.7%; Pregnant Females – 12.0%)

The Health Impact of Tobacco in Alabama

• 8,685 deaths in Alabama were attributable to smoking-related diseases.
  – 3,293 deaths due to cancer
  – 2,339 deaths due to cardiovascular disease
  – 2,264 deaths due to respiratory disease
  – 789 deaths due to secondhand smoke (SHS) and smoking-related fires
• 121,909 years of potential life were lost due to smoking-attributable premature death
• 15.3 average of years lost among adults who died as a result of a smoking attributable illness.
• 157,920 Alabama residents are living with a smoking-attributable illness.

The Economic Impact of Tobacco in Alabama

• $1.88 billion in excess personal medical care expenditures were attributable to smoking.
• $2.84 billion in productivity losses were attributable to smoking-related premature death.
• $941 million in productivity losses were attributable to smoking-related illnesses.
• $166 million in personal medical costs and productivity losses were attributable to exposure to SHS.
• $5.6 billion was the estimated total annual economic impact of tobacco use

Alabama State Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Control (2015-2020)

2014 Surgeon General’s Report

Fifty years after Alabama native Luther Terry issued the landmark Surgeon General’s Report on smoking and its health consequences, smoking is still the number one cause of preventable death and disease in the nation.

Apps for helping low income US residents

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Affordable subsidized Apartments for Rent

Government Benefits Listings

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