Heather Fuller, MS

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• Heather Fuller, MS
• Outreach Coordinator
• Office of Health Promotion

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Kansas Tobacco Use Prevention

• The Kansas Tobacco Use Prevention Program
  provides resources, technical assistance and
  education for policy change to community
  coalitions for development, enhancement, and
  evaluation of state and local initiatives to
  prevent morbidity and mortality from tobacco use
  addiction.

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The Tobacco Use Prevention Program Focuses on
Four Priority Areas

• Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among
  young people.
• Promoting quitting among young people and adults.
  
• Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to environmental
  tobacco smoke (ETS).
• Identifying and eliminating the disparities
  related to tobacco use and its effects among
  different population groups.

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How do we accomplish our goals?

• TUPP Staff
• TASK
• Kansas Tobacco Quitline
• Grant Programs
• Partners

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Tobacco Prevention Map

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• TASK promotes tobacco free teens by uniting
  communities to create one strong voice standing
  against the tobacco industry.
• Youth lead prevention initiative for ages 12-17
  that began in 1998.
• www.kstask.org
• Grant Program
• STAR Rally
• Super Nova
• TASK Youth Leadership Summit

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Kansas Tobacco Quitline
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Grant Programs

• Chronic Disease Risk Reduction
• Enhancement
• Outreach to Ethnic and Minority Youth
• TASK

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Partners

• Health Departments
• American Heart Association, American Lung
  Association, American Cancer Society
• Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition
• Hospitals
• Universities
• Businesses
• Many others

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Funding Sources

• National Centers For Disease Control
  Prevention
• Childrens Cabinet
• American Legacy Foundation

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So Why Do We Do It?
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Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.
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Tobacco-Related Deaths in the U.S.
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Smoking in the U.S. Men vs. Women
Women
Men
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Smoking by Age Group U.S.
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Second Hand Smoke

• 3,000 Lung Cancer Deaths Annually
• Burning Eyes
• Hoarseness
• Nausea
• Asthma, Hay Fever, Sinusitis, Emphysema

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Toll of Tobacco in Kansas

• 8.6 Million packs of cigarettes are bought/smoked
  by kids in Kansas each year.
• 161,000 Kids are exposed to second hand smoke in
  their homes.

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Toll of Tobacco in Kansas

• 3,900 Adults die each year from smoking
• 57,000 Kids under 18 die prematurely from the
  effects of smoking

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Toll of Tobacco in Kansas

• Smoking-Caused Monetary Costs in Kansas
• 724 Million health care costs
• 153 Million Medicaid program
• 487 Per household residents tax burden
• 811 Million smoking caused productivity losses

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Pregnant Smokers in Kansas (2002)

• Among pregnant women 12.7 smoke
• Among 15-19 yr olds 19.2 smoke
• Source Smoking During Pregnancy 1990-2002,
  MMWR 53 (39) 10/8/2004

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Neonatal Health Costs Associated with Maternal
Smoking During Pregnancy

• Kansas
• 334,390 of 148,259,650 (2.26) smoking
  attributable fraction
• Fraction among smokers is 14.21
• Smoking costs per pregnant smoker is 682

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Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy

• Only 18-25 of all women quit smoking once they
  become pregnant.
• Between 13 and 17 of pregnant women smoke in
  the United States.
• The Health Consequences of Smoking, A Report of
  the Surgeon General, 2004.

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Call to Action

• Smoking is the most modifiable risk factor for
  poor birth outcomes
• Successful treatment of tobacco dependence can
  achieve
• 20 reduction in low-birth weight babies
• 17 decrease in preterm births
• Average increase in birth weight of 28g

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Questions?

• Heather Fuller, MS
• 2501-D Market Pl.
• Salina, KS 67401
• 785-827-9639
• hfuller_at_kdhe.state.ks.us

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