| Smoking
Prevalence- Adults |
|
Current
smoking*- adults |
9.8% |
Source:
BRFSS 2006 |
|
Current
smoking*- men, age 18
and older |
10.4% |
Source:
BRFSS 2006 |
|
Current
smoking*- women, age
18 and older
|
9.3% |
Source:
BRFSS 2006 |
| Tobacco
Use Prevalence- Students |
|
Current smoking**- students,
grades 9-12
|
7.9% |
Source: YRBS
2007 |
|
Current smoking**- male students,
grades 9-12
|
10.1% |
Source: YRBS
2007 |
|
Current smoking**- female
students,
grades 9-12
|
5.7% |
Source: YRBS
2007 |
|
Current use of chewing tobacco-**
students, grades 9-12
|
4.9% |
Source: YRBS
2007 |
| Quit
Attempts |
|
Quit attempts- current daily smokers who tried to quit in
the last 12 months
|
51.7% |
Source:
BRFSS 2006 |
| Smoking
Pregnant Women |
|
Women who smoked in the last 3
months of their pregnancy
|
6.1% |
Source:
PRAMS 2006 |
| Secondhand
Smoke |
|
Utah children (ages 0-17) living in homes
where somebody smokes inside the home
|
24,000 children
(3.0%) |
Source: Utah
Health Status Survey, 2006 |
| Health
and Medical Costs |
|
Annual deaths related to smoking
(1997-2001)
|
1,113 |
Source:
CDC Tobacco Control Highlights, 2007 |
|
Smoking
attributable medical and productivity costs (annual)
|
$530
million |
Source:
CDC Tobacco Control Highlights, 2007 |
| Tobacco
Industry Advertising |
|
Estimated annual tobacco industry
advertising and marketing expenditure in Utah.
|
$57.9
million |
Source:
Campaign for
Tobacco Free Kids, 2007 |
*
Current cigarette smoking (adults)= smoked 100 cigarettes
or more and currently smokes every day or some days
**Current cigarette smoking (students) = smoked cigarettes
on 1 or more of the 30 days preceding the survey
|
Source
Key:
BRFSS-
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CDC- Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
PRAMS- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
System
YRBS- Youth Risk Behavior Survey |
| Additional
Utah Facts |
Utah
IBIS- PH
Utah's Indicator Based Information System for Public
Health (IBIS-PH). This site provides information on
the health status of Utahns, the state of the healthcare
system, and Utah public health activities.
Specific
IBIS-PH Profiles
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