Wisconsin Tobacco
Prevention & Control Program
An estimated 7,215 people die annually from illnesses directly related
to smoking and approximately 853 die from illnesses and fires indirectly
related to smoking, for a total of 8,068 annual deaths in Wisconsin. Tobacco use also costs
Wisconsin
approximately $3 billion annually in health care expenses and lost
productivity. This web site
provides information and links to tobacco use prevention and tobacco
addiction treatment resources in Wisconsin.
Governor Jim Doyle signed the statewide smoke-free air bill on
Monday, May 18, making Wisconsin the 27th state to pass comprehensive
statewide smoke-free air legislation. The law takes effect
on July 5, 2010.
The Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program thanks Governor
Doyle and the Wisconsin Legislature for their leadership in developing
and passing this legislation. The program also thanks the scores
of public health advocates and volunteers across the state for their
dedication to protecting every Wisconsin resident's right to breathe
clean, smoke-free air.
The new "You Are Not Sheep" media campaign educates
Wisconsin teens on the dangers of smokeless tobacco products like
chewing tobacco and Snus. The campaign includes radio and online
advertising. The ads focus on the tobacco industry's manipulation
of teens, as well as the health effects and social consequences of
smokeless tobacco use. Youth can get more information on smokeless
tobacco by visiting the campaign's Myspace
page (Exit DHS). Listen to the radio ad in our Media
Campaigns section.
The second edition of “Bringing Everyone Along: A Strategic Plan
to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities in Wisconsin” provides key
steps for identifying and eliminating disparities in Wisconsin
communities. The plan was originally developed in 2001 by the Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program's Disparities Team, and was recognized
for excellence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The second edition
outlines the Disparities Team’s successes, features a new
design, new data, revised strategies and action steps, and a new section titled “Definition of Disparity.”
View the plan here.
The 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Treating Tobacco Use
and Dependence was released on Wednesday, May 7 at the American
Medical Association Headquarters in
Chicago, Illinois. The document was developed by a panel of 24
national experts in tobacco treatment, including Dr. Mike Fiore of the
UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, who also chaired the
panel.
The guideline provides recommendations to clinicians and other
health-care professionals to accelerate progress in reducing tobacco
use. To learn more about the Guideline update and to watch video
from its launch event, visit www.ctri.wisc.edu/.
The FACT They Killed 8000 campaign was created by FACT youth over the
course of brainstorming sessions held in Appleton, Hudson, Madison,
Milwaukee and Minocqua, and the campaign TV ad stars five
“FACTors” from across Wisconsin.
The ad takes the viewer through a
Wisconsin
town of 8,000 people that’s been completely wiped out and concludes by revealing that 8,000 Wisconsinites are
killed by Big Tobacco every year. See the ad in our Media
Campaigns section.
The My SmokeFree Story radio campaign features nine Wisconsinites
sharing their experiences with secondhand smoke. Each of the spots
encourages others to tell their own secondhand smoke story by calling
1-866-94STORY or visiting the website at www.mysmokefreestory.com
(exit DHS).
Visitors to the site can also learn about the health effects of
secondhand smoke and see more of the storytellers through video and
photos.
This plan represents the implementation for a
comprehensive tobacco prevention and control effort to prevent and
reduce the death, disease, and health care costs caused by tobacco in
Wisconsin given a 2008 state budget allocation of $15 million. The state
tobacco control budget expansion coincides with the release of CDC’s
new 2007 Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
distributed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This final plan represents feedback from both state and local
partners.
This first draft is included to allow for comparison with the final
plan.
This document provides a summary of the feedback that partners
provided. The feedback was used to refine the plan in order to
meet the needs and priorities for implementing a comprehensive tobacco
prevention and control program.
We
invite you to explore the comprehensive services and materials available
through the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program by viewing
these links:
Contact us if you have additional
questions about tobacco prevention efforts in Wisconsin.
Want to quit smoking? Need some help?
Call the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line:
1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
En espańol: 1-877-2NO-FUME (266-3863)
Last Revised: June 19, 2009 |
