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Rx for CHANGE
Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation
is the chief, single,
avoidable cause of death
in our society and the most
important public health
issue of our time.”
C. Everett Koop, M.D., former U.S. Surgeon General
“CIGARETTE
SMOKING…
All forms of tobacco are harmful.
WORLDWIDE ADULT TOBACCO
USE PREVALENCE (Men/Women)
World Health Organization Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic (2011).
U.S. updates from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014).
MMWR
63:29–34.
Canada
24/17
USA
21/16
Kiribati
71/43
Brazil
22/13
Greece
63/41
Russian Federation
59/24
China
51/2
Papua New
Guinea
58/31
UK/
Northern Ireland
25/23
France
36/27
South Africa
36/10
Japan
42/12
Philippines
47/10
India
26/4
Iran
26/2
Australia
22/19
Mexico
24/8
TRENDS in ADULT CIGARETTE
CONSUMPTION
—
U.S., 1900
–
2011
Annual adult per capita cigarette consumption and major smoking and health events
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (1999).
MMWR
48:986–993.
Per-capita updates from U.S. Department of Agriculture and (since 2000) Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). (2012).
MMWR
61:565–569.
1964 Surgeon
General’s Report
Great Depression
End of WW II
First modern
reports linking
smoking and
cancer
Federal cigarette
tax doubles
Master
Settlement
Agreement;
California
first state to
enact ban on
smoking in
bars
Broadcast
ad ban
Cigarette
price drop
Nonsmokers’
rights movement
begins
Number of cigarettes
Year
U.S. entry into
WW I
20 states
have > $1
pack tax
Marketing
of filtered
cigarettes
TRENDS in ADULT SMOKING,
by SEX—U.S., 1955–2013
Trends in cigarette current smoking among persons aged 18 or older
Graph provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1955 Current Population
Survey; 1965–2013 NHIS. Estimates since 1992 include some-day smoking.
Percent
69% want to quit
53% tried to quit in the past year
Males
Females
20.5%
15.3%
17.8% of adults
are current
smokers
Year
STATE-SPECIFIC PREVALENCE of
SMOKING among ADULTS, 2013
* Has smoked ≥ 100 cigarettes during lifetime and currently smokes either every day or some days.
< 13.0%
13.0 – 15.9%
16.0 – 18.9%
19.0 – 21.9%
≥ 22.0%
Prevalence of
current* smoking
(2013)
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PREVALENCE of ADULT SMOKING,
by RACE/ETHNICITY—U.S., 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014).
MMWR
63:1108–1112.
9.6%
26.1%
18.3%
19.4%
12.1%
26.8%
Percent
Asian
American Indian/Alaska Native
Black
White
Hispanic
Multiple race
PREVALENCE of ADULT SMOKING,
by EDUCATION—U.S., 2013
Percent
Undergraduate degree
No high school diploma
GED diploma
High school graduate
Some college
9.1%
Graduate degree
24.2%
22.0%
20.9%
5.6%
41.4%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014).
MMWR
63:1108–1112.
TRENDS in TEEN SMOKING, by
ETHNICITY—U.S., 1977–2014
Trends in cigarette smoking among 12th graders: 30-day prevalence of use
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Monitoring the Future Project
Percent
White
Hispanic
Black
PUBLIC HEALTH versus
“BIG TOBACCO”
The biggest opponent to tobacco
control efforts is the tobacco
industry itself.
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