All people in Duplin County live in a community that supports a nicotine free lifestyle
Why Is This Important?
The three leading causes of death in Duplin County per the CHA were heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease. The use of nicotine containing products is a preventable risk factor for all of these diseases. Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death and disease in North Carolina. If nicotine dependence is treated as a chronic disease itself, managing this one chronic disease could substantially decrease the number of other chronic diseases that lead to death. Equally important the need for multiple preventative measures to ensure that nicotine dependence does not remain a leading cause of preventable chronic disease.
Research has shown that tobacco containing product ads are targeted towards those vulnerable in society, such as people of lower socioeconomic status and those who have less education. In 2019/2020, Duplin County was ranked as one of the 40 Tier 1 counties in North Carolina in relation to socioeconomic distress. Tiers are assigned by the NC Department of Commerce and are calculated by unemployment rates, median household income, percentage of population growth, and property tax base per capita. In Duplin County 76 percent of residents 25 or older hold a high school degree and 12.1 percent of the population hold a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher. The above data demonstrates that residents of Duplin County are extremely vulnerable to ads promoting nicotine products.
The Duplin County Health Department will utilize QuitlineNC to help people who want to stop using nicotine containing products, and the CATCH my Breath program as a preventative measure to deter people from utilizing nicotine containing products. Media message campaigns will be used to disseminate information that could impact or improve the health of the community members.
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