TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

TriCounty Health Department (TRCHD)Tobacco Prevention and Control in TriCounty• Since the late 1990s, theestimated age-adjusted adultsmoking rate in TriCounty hasdecreased by 23%. 1• During State Fiscal Year 2011,14.5% of TriCounty stores soldtobacco to underage youth duringcompliance checks. Since 2001,the illegal sales rate has decreasedby 22%. 2To reduce exposure of clients andmedical personnel to secondhandsmoke, Northeastern CounselingCenter developed and implemented atobacco-free policy.TriCounty Health District Counties:Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah16Program HighlightTriCounty Health Department has developed a partnership with local school districtsto collaborate on efforts to establish comprehensive school tobacco policies anddevelop strategies to reduce tobacco use among youth.Tobacco StatisticsTRCHDStateAdult Cigarette Smoking (2010) 1 14.8% 8.8%Youth Cigarette Smoking in Grades 8, 10, 126.2% 6.4%(2009) 3Pregnant Women Smoking (2009) 4 16.2% 6.5%Rate of Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke 7.2% 1.9%in Their Homes (2010) 1Homes with No Smoking Rule (2010) 1 89.3% 92.9%Number of Quit Line Registrations (FY2011) 93 6,541Number of QuitNet Registrations (FY2011) 68 3,829Number of Participants in the Ending NicotineDependence Teen Cessation Program (FY2011)19 615Anti-tobacco Ad Recall in the Past Month (2010) 1 83.1% 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.