TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
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Tooele County Health Department (TCHD)<strong>Tobacco</strong> <strong>Prevention</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Control</strong> in Tooele County<strong>Program</strong> Highlight• Since the late 1990s, theestimated age-adjusted adultsmoking rate in Tooele County hasdecreased by 32%. 1• During State Fiscal Year 2011,6.9% of Tooele County stores soldtobacco to underage youth duringcompliance checks. Since 2001,the illegal sales rate has decreasedby 71%. 2The Tooele County School District coordinates the <strong>Prevention</strong> Activities Coalition(PAC), working with more than 130 students from across the county on preventionpolicies <strong>and</strong> activities.Hillary Bryan, an intern at the TooeleCounty Health Department, usedprint materials to teach TooeleCounty residents about the ill effectsof tobacco use.<strong>Tobacco</strong> StatisticsTCHDStateAdult Cigarette Smoking (2010) 1 13.5% 8.8%Youth Cigarette Smoking in Grades 8, 10, 1211.3% 6.4%(2009) 3Pregnant Women Smoking (2009) 4 11.0% 6.5%Rate of Children Exposed to Secondh<strong>and</strong> Smoke 1.4% 1.9%in Their Homes (2010) 1Homes with No Smoking Rule (2010) 1 92.3% 92.9%Number of Quit Line Registrations (FY2011) 127 6,541Number of QuitNet Registrations (FY2011) 117 3,829Number of Participants in the Ending NicotineDependence Teen Cessation <strong>Program</strong> (FY2011)47 615Anti-tobacco Ad Recall in the Past Month (2010) 1 88.7% 84.7%References:1 <strong>Utah</strong> Department of Health. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). 2010. Salt Lake City: <strong>Utah</strong>Department 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 <strong>Tobacco</strong> <strong>Prevention</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>Program</strong>. (2010). <strong>Tobacco</strong> Compliance Check summary data, SFY2001-2011,(provisional data). Salt Lake City: <strong>Utah</strong> Department of Health.3 <strong>Tobacco</strong> <strong>Prevention</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>Program</strong>. <strong>Prevention</strong> Needs Assessment <strong>Tobacco</strong> Questions, 2009. Salt Lake City: <strong>Utah</strong>Department of Health.4 <strong>Utah</strong> Birth Certificate Database. Retrieved July 21, 2011 from <strong>Utah</strong> 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.15
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