Tobacco Prevention and Control Information

General Information

Health benefits of quitting
Describes the short and long term benefits that occur once a person quits using tobacco.

ABC's of Smoking
Developed by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids this site thoroughly describes the numerous health problems related to tobacco use.

40 years of Utah and U.S. Tobacco Prevention and Control History
Describes the history of tobacco prevention and control efforts in Utah and the U.S that has occurred since the 1964 Surgeon General/s report.

*U.S. Surgeon General's Reports Available- On-Line

Surgeon General's 2004 Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking
This report focuses on the latest findings about the health effects of active smoking.

Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001)
This report summarizes what is now known about smoking among women, including patterns and trends in smoking habits, factors associated with starting to smoke and continuing to smoke, the consequences of smoking on women's health and interventions for cessation and prevention.

Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General (2000)
This report of the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use.

Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General (1998)
This SGR Report is the first to focus on tobacco use and tobacco control needs among ethnic and racial minority groups in the U.S.

Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General (1994)
This report underscores the seriousness of tobacco use, its relationship to other adolescent problem behaviors, and the responsibility of all citizens to protect the health of our children.

Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: A report of the Surgeon General (1989)
This report examines the fundamental developments over the past quarter century of smoking prevalence and mortality caused by smoking.

The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General (1988)
This report examines the scientific evidence that cigarettes and other forms of tobacco are addicting.

1986 Surgeon General's Report- The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking
This report examines the scientific evidence on the health effects resulting from nonsmoker exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.

The Health Consequences of Smoking The Changing Cigarette: A Report of the Surgeon General (1981)
This report describes the relative health risks associated with smoking cigarettes of varying levels of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide and the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes containing any substances commonly added to commercially manufactured cigarettes.

Surgeon General's Report: Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking 1964
This report represents one of the first major thorough and objective reviews and evaluation of information available at the time about the effects of the use of various forms foo tobacco upon the health of human beings.

* Report descriptions are taken directly from sections of the actual reports.

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