TPCP Annual Report - Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD)Tobacco Prevention and Control in Central Utah••Since the late 1990s, the estimatedage-adjusted adult smoking rate inCentral Utah Public Health District hasdecreased by 33%. 1••During State Fiscal Year 2011, 5.6%of Central Utah stores sold tobaccoto underage youth during compliancechecks. Since 2001, the illegal salesrate has decreased by 59%. 2Program HighlightThe Central Utah Public Health Department assisted the town of Hanksville inWayne County with adopting a tobacco-free city park policy.Tobacco StatisticsCUPHD StateAdult Cigarette Smoking (2010) 1 10.8% 8.8%Youth Cigarette Smoking in Grades 8, 10, 12 (2009) 3 7.8% 6.4%Pregnant Women Smoking (2009) 4 12.0% 6.5%Rate of Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke in 1.9% 1.9%Their Homes (2010) 1Homes with No Smoking Rule (2010) 1 93.2% 92.9%Number of Quit Line Registrations (FY2011) 233 6,541Number of QuitNet Registrations (FY2011) 56 3,829Anti-tobacco Ad Recall in the Past Month (2010) 1 87.3% 84.7%Brinklee Sentker won the 2011Truth from Youth Anti-TobaccoAdvertising Contest at DeltaElementary School in Millard SchoolDistrict. The Contest educates 4thand5th-grade students across thestate about tobacco-related risksand encourages them to create antitobaccomessages for themselvesand their peers.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.Central Utah Public Health DistrictCounties: Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete,Sevier, Wayne9