Tobacco Prevention

Tobacco use is the nation's number one cause of preventable death, killing more people every year than AIDS, alcohol, drugs, murders, suicides, car crashes, and fires, combined.

After only four years of implementation, the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and its statewide partners have successfully reduced the number of Washington kids smoking by about 65,000 (48 percent) and the number of adults smoking by 115,000 (12 percent). Here are the most recent statistics on tobacco use in Lewis County: 2007 Statistics or 2009 Statistics or 2010 Statistics. Click here to view our most recent county tobacco profile.

Lewis County Tobacco Prevention Program’s goals are too:

Prevent youth from beginning to use tobacco.www.nostankyou.com
Provide Retailers with education.
Help tobacco users quit. (see tobacco quit line information below)

The Effects of Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Each year 53,000 people in the United States die from secondhand smoke-related heart disease and cancers. Hundreds of thousands more develop pneumonia, bronchitis, colds, and asthma attacks because of secondhand smoke.

Tobacco Quit Line Information:
The quit line is free, available to anyone who needs it, and, most importantly, it works. Research shows that using quit line services improves the success of people trying to quit by almost 20 percent. The quit line's highly trained specialists provide each caller with individual support, including advice on creating a customized quit plan and skills designed to break old habits.

Call the Tobacco Quit Line toll-free at (800) QUITNOW; (877) 2 NO FUME (Spanish line); or (877) 777-6534 (hearing impaired).

Visit the Quit Line website:www.quitline.com