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    Reports

    Pennsylvania Adult Tobacco Use Factsheet 2024

    This factsheet provides information regarding adult tobacco use in the Commonwealth in 2022.

    Pennsylvania High School Student Tobacco Use Factsheet 2024

    This factsheet provides information regarding high school student tobacco use in the Commonwealth in 2021.

    Pennsylvania 2021-2022 MPOWER Report

    Report of the Pennsylvania Tobacco Prevention and Control Program's efforts to reduce rates of adult smoking, prevent youth use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, eliminate secondhand smoke and address tobacco-related disparities in Pennsylvania using the MPOWER framework – Monitor and Promote Prevention Policies; Protect People from Tobacco Smoke; Offer Help to Quit Tobacco; Warn about the Dangers of Tobacco; Enforce and Inform Policy Compliance; and Raise Community and Legislative Awareness.

    Pennsylvania MPOWER Infographic

    This infographic provides a visual snapshot of the tobacco prevention and cessation program in Pennsylvania during fiscal year 2022.

    Tobacco Annual Reports
    Annual Reports for fiscal years summarize the activities and accomplishments of Pennsylvania's Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control. 

    Pennsylvania Tobacco Report 2023
    This report provides information regarding trends in adult and youth tobacco use including smoking, smokeless tobacco, and vaping in the Commonwealth from 2012 to 2021.

    2020 Pennsylvania LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment
     
    2018 Pennsylvania LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment  
    Findings from comprehensive assessments of the health and wellness needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Pennsylvanians

    Behavioral Health Risk Factor Surveillance System Statistics

    Youth Risk Behavior Survey

     

    Resources

    Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT) 

    PACT assists the Department in strengthening the statewide information and education network on the health impact of tobacco use on tobacco users and non-tobacco users, and works with local shareholders to increase ability and activity on a local level that provides the impetus needed to initiate a statewide grassroots campaign focusing on tobacco pollution.     

    Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
    Works to protect children from exposure and addiction to tobacco by raising awareness; changing public policies to limit the marketing and sales of tobacco to children; altering the environment in which tobacco use and policy decisions are made; and actively countering the tobacco industry and its special interests. The Center also encourages youth advocacy to support policy change, to hold tobacco control activities and to help educate peers on the dangers of tobacco. 

    American Cancer Society
    Provides smoking education, prevention and cessation programs and distributes pamphlets, posters and exhibits on smoking. 

    American Heart Association
    Promotes smoking intervention programs at schools, workplaces and health care sites. 

    American Lung Association
    Conducts programs addressing smoking cessation, prevention, and the protection of nonsmokers' health and provides a variety of educational materials for the public and health professionals.

    To compare Pennsylvania tobacco use information with other states and for national statistics about tobacco use, prevention, and control visit CDC's State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System website.