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Smoking and Health

Compiled by Rose Arnold, December 2002

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The Burden of Tobacco in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Division of Public Health, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, American Cancer Society, and Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board, April 2002. Most recent statistics on the health cost of cigarette smoking in Wisconsin. www.tobwis.org/media/Final_Burden_Report.pdf

Show Us the Money: An Update on the States' Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 2002. (178.9/C15) Summary of the states' usage of the tobacco settlement money; some programs to reduce youth smoking seem to be successful. http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements/2002/fullreport.pdf

Smoke Out: Examining the Real Cost of Tobacco Use. State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 2001. (178.9/St2) Medical, social, and physical costs of smoking in Wisconsin, 1985-2000.

"Things Change". Federal Funds Information for States, State Policy Reports, 2002, p.21-25. (328/St1/v.20, no.15-16) Most recent report on states' use of the tobacco settlement money. Funding of health education and antismoking campaigns have been reduced in budget reallocations due to economic downturn.

Tobacco Settlement. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, Tap the Power, May 2001. (LRB/t) (noncirculating) Bibliography of resources about the tobacco master settlement agreement. www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ttp/ttp-5-2001.html

Tobacco Settlement and Tobacco Control Board. Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 2001. (178.9/W7i) "History of the master settlement agreement between certain states and tobacco manufacturers." - page 1. Includes section on Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board. www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/informationalpapers/2001/79.pdf

Tobacco Settlement: States' Use of Master Settlement Agreement Payments. U.S. General Accounting Office, June 2001. (178.9/X13) Update of the states' use of the tobacco settlement funds. www.gao.gov/new.items/d01851.pdf

Tobacco Trends in Wisconsin: An Assessment of the Baseline Goals of the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board. University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2001. (HFS/H/t) (noncirculating) Reviews the seven goals of the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board to attain a smoke-free population and assesses the progress towards those goals.

Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. Wisconsin Center for Health Statistics, published July 1998. (614/W7a1/1996) Statistics on health risks in Wisconsin including tobacco use.

Wisconsin Cancer Incidence and Mortality. Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Health Information, published May 2002. (614.48/W7b/1999) Statistics on the relationship between tobacco usage and cancer in Wisconsin. www.dhfs.state.wi.us/wcrs/pubs.htm

Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board Annual Report. Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board, 2001. (178.9/W7L/2001) First annual report which details Wisconsin's progress on lowering tobacco-related health care costs and "helping to educate youth on the dangers of tobacco and support adults who want to quit." - page iv. 2002 Report on order and available on Web site. www.wtcb.state.wi.us/Annual%5FRep.htm

Wisconsin Tobacco Facts. Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Tobacco Control Program, November 2000. (178.9/W7k) "A reference of available tobacco-related information, statistics and report findings" for Wisconsin. - introduction. www.dhfs.state.wi.us/health/TobaccoControl/pdf_files/WI_Tob_facts_43021.pdf

Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey 2000. Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2000-2001. (178.9/W7j) www.dhfs.state.wi.us/health/TobaccoControl

pt.1: Prevalence of Tobacco Use. "Tracks tobacco use, attitudes and related behaviors among middle and high school youth." - page 2.

pt.2: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Social Influences. Suggests usage has declined because of changes in social attitudes.

pt.3: Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Cessation, Counter-Marketing, School Programs and Enforcement. Emphasis on school antismoking campaigns and enforcement of laws restricting youth usage.

Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey 2001. Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2002. (178.9/W7j1) Measures usage of tobacco by Wisconsin youth in 2000-2001, by a survey of 49 randomly-selected middle schools. Fourth report of the Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey.

Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction by the UW-Madison Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2002. (347.18/W7g) Risk factors in the behavior of Wisconsin youth, including statistics on tobacco use as of March-July 2002. www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/sspw/yrbsindx.html

Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, Executive Summary. U.S. Office of the Surgeon General, 2001. (178.9/X12/pts.1-2) "Smoking wreaks a great and unique toll on the health of [U.S.] women and young girls." - introductory message.

"Youth Targeting by Tobacco Manufacturers Since the Master Settlement Agreement". Paul J. Chung, Craig F. Garfield, Paul J. Rathouz, et al., Health Affairs, 2002, p.254-263. (614.23/P94/v.21, no.2) Surveys a selected list of 1997-2000 magazines targeted to youth. Describes the ads before and after the 1998 tobacco settlement agreement by the 3 largest tobacco companies and documents their violations of the agreement.

Related Web Sites - Wisconsin

Web sites about tobacco use in Wisconsin. Most have publication lists and links to other sites, and several include links to current news articles. (Adobe Acrobat is required to read the pdf files on some sites.)

www.be-free.org/main.html - B-FREE from Tobacco. "The Thomas T. Melvin Program began in 1997 by a mandate from the Wisconsin State Legislature. It was named the `B-FREE from TobaccoR' campaign and works to keep youth from starting to smoke and being manipulated by the media and the tobacco companies." - Web page.

http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements/TobaccoToll.php3?StateID=WI - Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Special Reports: State Tobacco Settlement - The Toll of Tobacco in Wisconsin.

www.hadenoughwisconsin.com - "Had Enough?" Site maintained by the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board.

www.healthywisconsin.org/SMOKING.HTM - Healthy Wisconsin People. "Your Gateway to Quality Health Information - Tobacco Addiction."

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/search/text-search-fulllist.php?smoking - Medical College of Wisconsin HealthLink.

www.tobwis.org - "The Tobacco Control Resource Center for Wisconsin (TCRCW) is an online resource to Wisconsin tobacco control coalitions and advocates."

www.tobacco.org - Tobacco news and information. Includes links to other tobacco-related sites.

www.ctri.wisc.edu - University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.

www.uwdoctors.org/living/documents/tobacco_resources.htm - UW Health Physicians: Stop Tobacco Use Now Resources.

www.smokefreeair.org/Org/Orgdet.cfm?ID=2565 - Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health.

www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/health_policy/COMP/smk.cfm - Wisconsin Medical Society Policy Compendium 2000-2001. Smoking- and tobacco-related policy documents.

www.wtcb.state.wi.us - Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board.

Related Web Sites - United States

www.tobaccocontrolconference.org/2002Conference - 2002 National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Recent international conference. Publications may be available December 2002.

www.lungusa.org/tobacco - American Lung Association. Tobacco control information, includes information about quitting smoking. Includes links to individual states.

www.cdc.gov/tobacco - The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco Information and Prevention Sources (TIPS). Includes a link to a publications catalog.

www.health.gov - "[A] portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies."

www.healthfinder.gov - "Your guide to reliable health information."

Clippings:

(Noncirculating; available for use in the library)

  • Tobacco and cigarette industry: 178.9/Z (U.S.); 178.9/W7z (WI)
  • Tobacco and cigarette taxes: 336.268/Z

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