Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Settlement

Tobacco Control on the Move Making History in Pennsylvania

Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury PreventionDivision of Tobacco

Prevention and Control

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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

Prevention & Cessation

30% 70%

Primary Contractor Statewide Initiatives

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Pennsylvania

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

Statewide Programs

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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%)

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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)

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Pennsylvania

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

Moving Forward

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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