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Great
American
Smokeout
Friday,
November
3,
2000,
issue
of
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention’s
(CDC)
Morbidity
and
Mortality
Weekly
Report
(MMWR)
will
contain
a
cover
article
announcing
the
Great
American
Smokeout
to
be
observed
Thursday,
November
16,
2000,
and
the
article,
“State-Specific
Prevalence
of
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
Among
Adults
and
the
Proportion
of
Adults
Who
Work
in
a
Smoke-Free
Environment—United
States,
1999.”
The
American
Cancer
Society
(ACS)
will
sponsor
its
24th
annual
“Great
American
Smokeout”
(GASO)
to
encourage
the
approximately
47
million
adult
smokers
in
the
United
States
to
quit
smoking
for
at
least
one
day.
Today,
more
than
ever,
smokers
have
a
number
of
resources
available
to
improve
their
ability
to
quit.
The
recently
released
evidence-based
Public
Health
Service
(PHS)
guideline
Treating
Tobacco
Use
and
Dependence
reports
that
individual,
group,
or
telephone
counseling
that
provides
practical
advice
about,
and
support
for,
quitting
improves
quit
rates.
There
are
five
FDA-approved
medications
(Bupropion,
nicotine
gum,
nicotine
inhaler,
nicotine
nasal
spray,
and
the
nicotine
patch)
that
double
quitting
success.
Reimbursing
smokers
for
the
cost
of
obtaining
treatment
increases
the
number
of
successful
quitters.
Obtaining
support
from
family
and
friends
is
also
helpful
in
quitting.
For
more
information,
contact
your
local
ACS
office
or
visit
the
ACS
Web
site
at
http://www.cancer.org
or
call
1-800-227-2345.
The
article,
“State-Specific
Prevalence
of
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
Among
Adults
and
the
Proportion
of
Adults
Who
Work
in
a
Smoke-free
Environment
-
United
States,
1999,”
shows
that
smoking
prevalence
rates
among
adults
for
1999
varied
more
than
twofold,
ranging
from
a
low
of
13.9%
in
Utah
to
a
high
of
31.5%
in
Nevada.
The
study
also
for
the
first
time
evaluates
data
from
Puerto
Rico
and
found
that
their
adult
smoking
prevalence
rates
(13.7%)
was
lower
than
any
of
the
50
states.
Utah
and
Puerto
Rico
have
both
met
the
Healthy
People
2000
objective
of
reducing
smoking
prevalence
to
less
than
15%.
Data
analyzed
in
17
states
and
the
District
of
Columbia
showed
that
the
proportion
of
adults
who
reported
their
workplace
had
an
official
smoke-free
workplace
policy
ranged
from
61.3%
in
Mississippi
to
82.0%
in
the
District
of
Columbia.
Other
study
findings:
- The
states
with
the
highest
current
smoking
prevalence
among
adults
were
Nevada
(31.5%),
Kentucky
(29.7%),
and
Ohio
(27.6%).
- The
lowest
smoking
prevalence
rates
among
adults
were
found
in
Utah
(13.9%),
followed
by
Hawaii
(18.6%),
California
(18.7%),
Massachusetts
(19.4%),
and
Minnesota
(19.5%).
- Among
respondents
who
primarily
work
indoors,
the
proportion
who
reported
an
official
workplace
policy
that
addressed
smoking
in
public,
common,
or
work
areas
ranged
from
87.1%
to
97.1%.
State-Specific
Prevalence
of
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
Among
Adults
and
the
Proportion
of
Adults
Who
Work
in
a
Smoke-free
Environment—United
States,
1999
— MMWR Highlights
Entire
Article
in
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