TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

Wasatch County Health Department (WCHD)Tobacco Prevention and Control in Wasatch CountyThe Wasatch County HealthDepartment assisted IntermountainHealthcare’s Heber Valley MedicalCenter in developing a tobacco-freecampus policy which went into effecton September 1, 2011.Heber Valley Medical CenterAdministration is supporting andpromoting a tobacco free-policybecause:• Promoting health is core toIntermountain Healthcare’smission• There is no safe level of exposureto secondhand smoke• Being tobacco free createsa healthier, more invitingatmosphereProgram Highlight• Since the late 1990s, the estimatedage-adjusted adult smoking rate inWasatch County has decreased by27%. 1• During State Fiscal Year 2011,13.2% of Wasatch County storessold tobacco to underage youthduring compliance checks. Since2001, the illegal sales rate hasdecreased by 5%. 2Wasatch County Health Department worked with its community partners to presentthe annual Issues Community Conference. In 2011, more than 1,000 youth andparents learned about the dangers of tobacco use and engaged in activities to buildprotective factors. In addition, all 6th- and 7th-grade students in Wasatch Countyparticipated in the anti-tobacco program Tobacco on Trial.Tobacco StatisticsWCHD StateAdult Cigarette Smoking (2010) 1 8.4% 8.8%Youth Cigarette Smoking in Grades 8, 10, 129.2% 6.4%(2009) 3Pregnant Women Smoking (2009) 4 3.7% 6.5%Rate of Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke 0.9% 1.9%in Their Homes (2010) 1Homes with No Smoking Rule (2010) 1 90.4% 92.9%Number of Quit Line Registrations (FY2011) 24 6,541Number of QuitNet Registrations (FY2011) 18 3,829Anti-tobacco Ad Recall in the Past Month (2010) 1 86.5% 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.18