Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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Health priority: Tobacco use and exposure

Objective: Secondhand smoke

1. Adults who reported that they or someone else smoked in their home in the past 30 days will decrease from 28 percent in 2000 to 21 percent in 2010.
2. Adults who reported that smoking is allowed in some or all work areas as their place of work's official smoking policy will decrease from 26 percent in 2000 to 19 percent in 2010.
3. Youth who reported that they live with someone who smokes will decrease from 44 percent in 2000 to 33 percent in 2010.

Sufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

• Smoking bans and restrictions  (PDF, 18 KB)

Insufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

• Community education  (exit DHS)
• Family and caregiver interventions  (PDF, 19 KB)

Mixed Evidence was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Sufficient Evidence for Ineffectiveness was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Limitations/Comments:
The main resources used to describe evidence-based practices in tobacco control -The Guide to Community Preventive Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Best Practices - may not reflect the most current tobacco control practices. The Community Guide was published in February of 2001 and used studies mainly from the late 1980's and early 1990's to establish evidence-based practices. CDC's Best Practices report was published even earlier. Tobacco control is a rapidly developing field and innovative programs and policies which have not been evaluated are not examined in this review.

Additional resources:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Best Practices for a Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program - August 1999. Atlanta GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, August 1999.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Strategies for reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, increasing tobacco use cessation, and reducing initiation in communities and health care systems. A report on recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2000;49 (No. RR-12): 1-20.

Guide to Community Preventive Services: Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Vol. 20, No. 2 (Supplement). February 2001. Available online at: www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/.  (exit DHS). 

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