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Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Settlement

Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Settlement. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania. Act 77 of 2001 Highlights

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Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Settlement

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  1. Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Settlement Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control

  2. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania Act 77 of 2001 Highlights • 100% of dollars to health related programs • $344 million SFY 2001-02 • 12% Tobacco Prevention and Control • $41.4 Million SFY 2001-2002 • $52 Million SFY 2002-2003

  3. Prevention & Cessation SFY 2001-02 Funding $41,402,000 SFY 2002-03 Funding $52,023,000 70% - $28,981,400 70% - $36,416,100 30% - $12,420,600 30% - $15,606,900

  4. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • Program goals support Healthy People 2010 Objectives: • Change community norms through state-advised, community-driven systems that create environments where it is uncommon to see, use, and be negatively impacted by tobacco smoke products and tobacco smoke pollution • Reduce consumption of tobacco products in Pennsylvania youth and adults to less than 12% by 2010

  5. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • 24.5% adults regularly smoke cigarettes • 31% of African American adults smoke • 24% of White (non-Hispanic) smoke • 34% adults aged 18-29 are smokers • 9% adults aged 65+ are smokers Source: Pennsylvania’s 2001 BRFSS

  6. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • 36% public high school seniors currently smoke cigarettes • 27% public high school students (grades 9-12) currently smoke • 6.9% high school students use smokeless tobacco • 12.9% high school students in the North Central health district use smokeless tobacco Source: Pennsylvania’s Youth Tobacco Survey 2001

  7. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • First Advisory Committee meeting held October, 2001 • Released RFP utilizing 9 components of CDC’s Best Practices November, 2001 • Technical assistance conferences to support primary contractors began March, 2001

  8. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • Identified 51 lead agencies (primary contractors) to provide service to PA’s 67 counties through competitive bid process • 48 of 51 primary contractors under contract by May, 2001 • Developed, tested and launched web-based management and information reporting system June, 2001

  9. PA Free Quitline 1.877.724.1090 PA Youth Movement Clinical Practice Guidelines-Standards of Care Countermarketing Capacity building for disparate populations Pre-approved Cessation Program – DPW partnership Surveillance and evaluation Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania Statewide Programs

  10. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • RWJ Smokeless State Grant awarded 2001 to ACS, AHA, ALA to build statewide coalition for policy and advocacy – PACT (PA Alliance to Control Tobacco) • Excise tax increased 69 cents ($1.00 total) July 2002 • Act 112 of 2002 enacted August 2002 – amended youth access to tobacco law • Synar Survey of 2002 reported non-compliance rate of 14.5% (Survey 2001 – 27.9%)

  11. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • 2002-2003 budget provided support to Chronic Disease Programs • Heart Disease and Stroke - defining cardiovascular burden of disease and creating a statewide strategic plan • Diabetes – outreach to Latino communities to promote PA’s Free Quitline 1.877.724.1090 • Oral Health – training of PA dentists to conduct oral screenings and promote PA’s Free Quitline in FQHC’s (primary population African American males)

  12. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania Moving Forward • First annual report due November 30, 2002 • First year focus on building foundation and laying groundwork for program implementation • PA is now positioned to reduce the burden of chronic disease, close the gap on disparate populations, and improve the health of all Pennsylvanians through continued promotion of healthy lifestyles free from tobacco

  13. Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania’s web-based management information system will be presented Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Eval-309 Hilton San Francisco, Mason A&B • For more information on Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Programs contact Judy Ochs, Director, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control. • Telephone: 717-783-6600 • Email: jochs@state.pa.us

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