Tobacco wb webinar 6.22.12

Tobacco wb webinar 6.22.12

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  CDPHE Winnable Battles: Tobacco August, 2012 CDPHE Tobacco Program Team
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  Top Row: Dee Thomas – Enforcement Program Coordinator Emma Goforth – Adult Cessation Coordinator Celeste Schoenthaler – Unit Manager Gracie Cash – Tobacco Program Generalist Bottom Row: Jennie Munthali – Stephanie Walton – Youth Policy Coordinator Jill Bednarek – Secondhand Smoke Coordinator Not pictured: Sharon Tracey – Youth and Young Adult Initiatives Coordinator Jennifer Schwartz – Tobacco Initiatives Work Lead
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  Tobacco Program Mission Inpartnership with communities, youth and stakeholders, our team provides leadership for tobacco prevention by promoting and implementing evidence-based, data-driven strategies across Colorado.
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  Tobacco use iscostly for everyone Cost to United States economy each year in healthcare costs and lost productivity: $193 billion Cost to Colorado each year in healthcare costs and lost productivity: $2.4 billion* Annual U.S. Medicaid costs due to smoking: $30.9 billion Annual Colorado Medicaid costs due to smoking: $319 million
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  Adult current smokingby demographic group Cover this blue placeholder Note: * Estimates for education are based on adults aged 20 years and older. Estimates for racial/ethnic groups with your program logo are based on combined 2009 and 2010 data. Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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  Colorado Young Adultsaged 18 – 24 40 35 30 25 1 8 - 24 20 student 15 non student 10 5 0 2001 2005 2008 Source: 2001, 2005, 2008 Colorado Tobacco Attitudes and Behavior Survey
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  Tobacco Use inMedicaid Population ~500,000 individuals receive Medicaid each year in CO 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 38% 15% 10% 18% 5% 0% Medicaid Colorado Adults Tobacco Use TABS 2008
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  Middle School &High School Students Ever Smoking-Colorado 100.0% 80.0% 60.0% 2001 2006 40.0% 2008 54.2% 20.0% 43.2% 36.8% 25.7% 16.7% 14.4% 0.0% Middle School High School Source: Colorado Healthy Kids Colorado Survey on Tobacco and Health, 2001, 2006, and 2008
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  ~90% of adultsmokers first try tobacco before the age of 18† Each Year in the Unites States… Approximately 400,000 kids become regular smokers* 6 Million kids will die prematurely from their addiction* Each Year in Colorado… 4,900 youth become regular smokers* 92,000 kids will die prematurely from smoking* That is more than twice the entire population of Grand Junction! † Surgeon General’s Report: Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People, 1994. * CDC: Best Practices for Tobacco Control Programs, 2007.
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  6 out of10 Colorado high school students attempting to purchase cigarettes are successful
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  Youth vs. AdultSmokeless Tobacco Use 25.0% Male Smokeless Tobacco Use 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 2008 12.9% 5.0% 9.5% 7.3% 4.1% 1.8% 0.0% High School 18-24 years 25-44 years 45-64 years 65+ years old old old old Colorado Healthy Kids Colorado Survey on Tobacco and Health, 2008 & Tobacco Attitudes and Behavior Survey, 2008
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  Strategic Plan Goals 2020Goals 1. The cessation success gap affecting low SES youth and adult smokers decreases by 50 percent 2. A majority of people and health care systems in Colorado recognize and treat tobacco dependence as a chronic condition 3. A majority of Coloradans live, learn, work and play in communities that have effective policies and regulations that reduce youth and adult use and access to tobacco 4. Tobacco prevalence and initiation among young adults, especially straight-to-work, decreases by 50 percent 5. Initiation among youth, especially high burden and low SES populations, decreases by 50 percent 6. Exposure to secondhand smoke with an emphasis on low SES populations decreases by 50 percent 7. Colorado is among the 10 states with the highest price for tobacco products
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  Tobacco Program Initiatives •Amendment 35 • State Policy – Youth Access/Point-of-sale – Monitor and Sustain CCIAA – Health Systems • Federal Partnerships – CDC – FDA/Synar – Healthy Housing – Medicaid • Data/Surveillance • Partnerships/Communication
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  Priority Populations • Low SES • Disparately Affected Populations • Young Adult non-Students • Youth
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  PSD Work Plan •Prevent initiation among youth and young adults • Promote quitting among adults and youth • Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke • Identify and reduce tobacco-related disparities among population groups • Create strategic alignment among A35 review committees
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  Progress…  Department leadership talking about licensing and tax  BOH resolution around dissolvables  4 communities with licensing/youth access policies  Over 7,000 inspections for compliance with FDA laws (since 2010)  Over 600 youth participating in NOT (FY)  Enhancement of interagency tobacco team  Over 17,000 calls to the Colorado QuitLine (FY)  Facebook and Twitter pages for QuitLine  2 new local policies to enhance CCIAA  3 new local policies to reduce SHS exposure in multi unit housing  Healthy Housing Coalition formed  New strategic plan for tobacco  Full funding return to A35  RFA released, new funding framework …. and much much more on the horizon 