Keeping the Promise: A Tobacco Free Generation
Annual Report FY 2012

Vision:

For all Alaskans to live healthy and tobacco-free lives

Mission:

Provide leadership, coordinate resources, and promote efforts that support Alaskans in living healthy and tobacco-free lives.

Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

Our Program Goals to achieve our mission:

1. Eliminate exposure to environmental tobacco smoke;
2. Identify and eliminate disparities experienced by population groups relative to tobacco and its use;
3. Promote quitting among adults and youth; and
4. Prevent initiation of tobacco use among youth.

Tobacco Toolkits

• Smoke Free in Health Care Facilities
• Tobacco Taxes in Alaskan Communities

Tobacco Prevention and Control Annual Reports

• Keeping the Promise: A Tobacco Free Generation Annual Report FY 2012
• 
  Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control: A History of Success
• A Decade of Progress: Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska FY 2010 – 2011
• 2009 Update
• 2008 Full Report
• 2007 Update
• 2006 Full Report
• 2005 Full Report

Tobacco Publications

• Alaska Tobacco Facts [2012]
• Tobacco in the Great Land: A Portrait of Alaska's Leading Cause of Death [2012]
• Regional Data Summaries
• Alaskan Partnerships: Statewide Plan to Reduce Tobacco Addiction and Exposure, 2007
  • Alaskan Partnerships: One page insert
• What State Surveys Tell Us About Tobacco Use Among Alaska Natives
• LEAD Strategic Plan for Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities
  • LEAD Strategic Plan PowerPoint Presentation
• Smoking Behavior and Beliefs Among Non-Native Alaskans of Low Socio-Economic Status: Implications for Program Planning
• Epi Bulletins related to Tobacco
• Alaska Quitline Final Report
• Alaskans and Quitting Tobacco: A Population-Based Picture [2008]
• Assessment of Factors Related to Smokeless Tobacco Use in Alaska [2009]
• Assessment of Factors Related to Youth Tobacco Use in Alaska [2008]
• Assessment of Factors Related to Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Alaskan Households with a Smoker and Children at Home [2007]
• Effectiveness of a Tobacco Quitline in an Indigenous Population: A Comparison Between Alaska Native People and Other First-Time Quitline Callers Who Set a Quit Date [International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2009]
• Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Alaskan Households with Children [Rural and Remote Health, 2010]

Free tobacco cessation help is available through the Alaska Tobacco Quit Line:
800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)

Thinking about quitting tobacco? Alaska's Quit Line is ready to help. Alaska's Tobacco Quit Line provides free one-on-one telephone counseling, information on how to quit and referral services seven days a week. Current tobacco users are encouraged to use this free resource to help them quit. Simply call
800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669).

When calling 800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669), a trained Quit Coach answers the telephone and provides individual assistance to each caller that includes:

• An assessment of readiness to quit
• A customized quit plan
• Motivation and problem solving advice
• Up-to-date information on cessation aids and referral services
• A free Tobacco Quit Guide with helpful "how to" guides and resources
• Skill building and problem-solving
• Relapse prevention

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