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(423) 209-8008
Contact Tobacco Prevention for more information.
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Adults in Tennessee who smoke: 22.6% (1,038,700)
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High school students who smoke: 26.3% (85,200)
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Kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home: 488,000
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Annual health care costs in Tennessee caused directly by smoking: $2.16 billion
Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined, and is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in our society.
The Tobacco Use Prevention Program’s goals include:
To facilitate tobacco-policy change that decreases tobacco’s toll in Hamilton County
To prevent tobacco initiation among youth, and to increase quitting among youth and adult
To decrease exposure to Second Hand Smoke
To partner with Smoke Free Chattanooga, a coalition that seeks these goals.
(For more information: phone 209-8285, or www.smokefreechattanooga.org)
You have choices…
For additional assistance choosing local resources to help you to stop smoking/tobacco, phone: 209-8008.
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