Tobacco
Health Effects of Smoking
- The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account
for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five
deaths, each year in the United States.
- More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all
deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug
use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders
combined.
- Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in
men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.
- An estimated 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung
disease are caused by smoking.
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Click here for more information from the CDC on health effects.
Smokeless Tobacco
- The two main types of smokeless tobacco in the United
States are chewing tobacco and snuff.
- Smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking
cigarettes.
- Smokeless tobacco use can cause cancer, oral health
problems, and nicotine addiction.
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hazards.
Tobacco Use in Minnesota
- Adult cigarette smoking prevalence in Minnesota decreased
from 22.1 percent in 1999 to 16.1 percent in 2010, according to
the Centers for Disease Control and the Minnesota Adult Tobacco
Survey.
- According to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey, Students
reporting they have smoked in the past 30 days declined to 19.2
percent of 12th-graders from 22.8 percent in 2007. Ninth-graders
smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days declined to 8.8 percent
from 10.3 percent in 2007.
- While smoking and tobacco exposure rates declined, the use
of smokeless tobacco products such as snuff and snus doubled
from three years ago. In 2007, the rate of use was 4.4 percent.
By 2010, it had risen to 9.6 percent.
- Much of the decrease in smoking rates is due to a statewide
smoke-free law, cigarette tax increases, mass media campaigns
and statewide cessation services.
Tobacco Use in Aitkin County
When Aitkin County students were asked on the
2010 Minnesota Student Survey: During the last 30 days, how frequently have you
smoked cigarettes? We found that:
- The number of 9th grade boys surveyed since 1992 who
responded that they had NOT smoked had increased from a low in
1998 of 62% to a high of 88%
- The number of 9th grade girls surveyed since 1992 who
responded that they had NOT smoked had increased from a low in
1995 and 2001 of 60% to a high of 86%
- The number of 12th grade boys surveyed since 1992 who
responded that they had NOT smoked had increased from a low in
1998 of 30% to a high of 86%
- The number of 12th grade girls surveyed since 1992 who
responded that they had NOTsmoked had increased from a low in
2004 of 54% to a high of 73%
Other Helpful Links:
 Aitkin
County Public Health Dept.
204 1st Street NW, Aitkin, MN 56431
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm
218-927-7200 or 800-328-3744
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