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Making Washington a Healthier Place to Live

Tobacco use is the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more people every year than AIDS, alcohol, drugs, murders, suicides, car crashes and fires combined.

 While remarkable strides have been made in reducing tobacco use among youth in Washington State since the Department of Health (DOH) expanded the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program nearly nine years ago, way too many kids - 70,000 in our state alone – are still smoking cigarettes.

 Overall youth tobacco rates continue to fall, but smoking among some groups of young people remain high.  And now many kids are moving into other types of tobacco, such as cigars, smokeless products, pipes and flavored cigarettes (bidis).  Where are the disparities in youth tobacco use, and what should we be doing about it?

 You’ll find answers to those questions, and much more related information, in the new Disparities in Youth Tobacco Use in Washington State report prepared by the DOH Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.  The report highlights key findings in youth tobacco use rates and the relationship between cigarette smoking and other behaviors and risk factors.

Youth Disparities Report (PDF 648 KB)

 

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