TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

Davis County Health Department (DCHD)Tobacco Prevention and Control in Davis CountyShandra Mutchie and Jacob Wood,members of the Davis County YouthCouncil (DCYC) at the Davis CountyHealth Department, participated inefforts to educate opinion leadersabout the dangers of new tobaccoproducts. Jacob Wood says of theexperience, “It’s just so much fun tolet people know how we feel aboutthis subject.” Shandra Mutchie says,“Being on the Davis County YouthCouncil has been an exceptionalexperience, in addition to educatingothers, I learned a lot myself.”Members of the Davis County YouthCouncil continue to educate theirpeers throughout Davis County aboutthe harmful effects of tobacco andwhat the tobacco industry is doing totarget youth as potential new tobaccousers.Program Highlight• Since the late 1990s, theestimated age-adjusted adultsmoking rate in Davis Countyhas decreased by 46%. 1• During State Fiscal Year 2011,5.5% of Davis County storessold tobacco to underageyouth during compliancechecks. Since 2001, the illegalsales rate has decreased by66%. 2The Davis County Health Department provides support to local schools that teachtobacco prevention curricula. More than 2,200 4th and 5th graders participated inthe curricula offered by DCHD this year. These curricula use a wide variety of skillbuildingactivities to encourage student involvement and participation.Tobacco StatisticsDCHD StateAdult Cigarette Smoking (2010) 1 5.9% 8.8%Youth Cigarette Smoking in Grades 8, 10, 12 (2009) 3 4.2% 6.4%Pregnant Women Smoking (2009) 4 4.7% 6.5%Rate of Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke in 1.0% 1.9%Their Homes (2010) 1Homes with No Smoking Rule (2010) 1 95.5% 92.9%Number of Quit Line Registrations (FY2011) 502 6,541Number of QuitNet Registrations (FY2011) 403 3,829Number of Participants in the Ending NicotineDependence Teen Cessation Program (FY2011)109 615Anti-tobacco Ad Recall in the Past Month (2010) 1 83.0% 84.7%References:1 Utah Department of Health. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). 2010. Salt Lake City: UtahDepartment of Health. Center for Health Data. (Note: Due to challenges in surveying smokers by telephone, this rate mayunderrepresent adult smoking prevalence. Updates to the BRFSS methodology are expected to lead to improved estimates.Data from the late 1990s refer to combined BRFSS data from 1997-1999.)2 Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. (2010). Tobacco Compliance Check summary data, SFY2001-2011,(provisional data). Salt Lake City: Utah Department of Health.3 Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Prevention Needs Assessment Tobacco Questions, 2009. Salt Lake City: UtahDepartment of Health.4 Utah Birth Certificate Database. Retrieved July 21, 2011 from Utah Department of Health, Center for Health Data,Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health web site: http://ibis.health.utah.gov/query/selection/birth/BirthSelection.html. These smoking rates are based on pregnancies that led to live births.10