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Community Health Administration
Bureau of Cancer and Chronic Disease
Tobacco Control Program
Location
825 North Capitol Street, NE
3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-5433
Fax: (202) 442-4825
Email: TobaccoControl@dc.gov |
DC Quitline
1-800-Quit-Now (784-8669)
Make the DC Quitline your Lifeline |
Mission
The Tobacco Control Program strives to achieve cessation, prevention, and education services that empower residents and visitors to the District of Columbia to eliminate the effects of tobacco and tobacco related products.
Program Description
The Tobacco Control Program was started in 1993. The goal is to reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use. The four goals of the DC Tobacco Control Program (TCP) are:
1. Prevent Youth from Smoking.
2. Promote Cessation to Adults and Youth.
3. Elimination of Secondhand Smoke, and
4. Identify and Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific populations
Tobacco is bad for you – Every year tobacco claims more lives than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murder, suicides, and fires combined. It is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
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African-Americans and Latino’s have the highest rates of cigarette use in the District of Columbia. (BRFSS 2006 data)
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If current trends continue, 7,100 District children alive today will eventually die from smoking Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and over 40 of them are cancer causing. Tobacco also includes nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive drug. That is why people get hooked and find it very difficult to quit smoking. In fact, second to alcohol, tobacco is the most-used substance in the District of Columbia. More than 700 DC residents die each year from smoking.
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