TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

Utah County Health Department (UCHD)Tobacco Prevention and Control in Utah CountyProgram Highlight• Since the late 1990s, the estimatedage-adjusted adult smoking ratein Utah County Health District hasremained unchanged. 1• During State Fiscal Year 2011,8.2% of Utah County stores soldtobacco to underage youth duringcompliance checks. Since 2001,the illegal sales rate has decreasedby 24%. 2Utah County Health Department passed a smoke-free campus policy starting onJanuary 12, 2011. The health department posted signs to inform staff and visitors ofthe policy and prevent exposure to more than 4,000 dangerous chemicals found insecondhand smoke.Fifty-six youth from Utah County’sOUTRAGE anti-tobacco youth groupeducated opinion leaders about theharmful effects of dissolvable tobaccoat Legislator Education Day onFebruary 24, 2011.Tobacco StatisticsUCHDStateAdult Cigarette Smoking (2010) 1 5.4% 8.8%Youth Cigarette Smoking in Grades 8, 10, 123.1% 6.4%(2009) 3Pregnant Women Smoking (2009) 4 2.9% 6.5%Rate of Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke 0.6% 1.9%in Their Homes (2010) 1Homes with No Smoking Rule (2010) 1 95.4% 92.9%Number of Quit Line Registrations (FY2011) 802 6,541Number of QuitNet Registrations (FY2011) 389 3,829Number of Participants in the Ending NicotineDependence Teen Cessation Program (FY2011)133 615Anti-tobacco Ad Recall in the Past Month (2010) 1 82.9% 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.17