Cigarette smoking is identified as a cause of various cancers, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory conditions, as well as low birthweight and other adverse health outcomes. Measuring the prevalence of tobacco use in the population can alert communities to potential adverse health outcomes and can be valuable for assessing the need for cessation programs or the effectiveness of existing tobacco control programs.

• Cell phone-based tobacco cessation interventions
  • Deliver tobacco cessation advice and motivational messages via text or video message
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/cell-phone-based-tobacco-cessation-interventions

• Health care provider reminder systems for tobacco cessation
  • Implement systems that help health professionals support patient tobacco cessation, often with referrals, self-help pamphlets, and pharmacotherapy
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/health-care-provider-reminder-systems-for-tobacco-cessation

• Internet-based tobacco cessation interventions
  • Use websites, computer programs, and other electronic means to provide information, strategies, or behavioral support to tobacco users who want to quit, sometimes with counseling or pharmacotherapy
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/internet-based-tobacco-cessation-interventions

• Mass media campaigns against tobacco use
  • Use broad media-based efforts to educate large groups of current and potential tobacco users about the dangers of tobacco use
    • ​​​​​​​https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/mass-media-campaigns-against-tobacco-use

• Smoke-free policies for indoor areas
  • Implement private sector rules or public sector regulations that prohibit smoking indoors or restrict it to designated, often outdoor, area
    • ​​​​​​​https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/smoke-free-policies-for-indoor-areas

• Statewide comprehensive tobacco programs
  • Coordinate state and community-level cessation and prevention interventions and provide information on the dangers of tobacco using a combination of educational, regulatory, clinical, social, and economic strategies
    • ​​​​​​​https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/statewide-comprehensive-tobacco-programs

• Tobacco cessation therapy affordability
  • Reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for cessation therapies such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation counseling participatio
    • ​​​​​​​https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/tobacco-cessation-therapy-affordability

• Tobacco quitlines
  • Deliver phone-based behavioral counseling for tobacco users who want to quit with follow-up calls scheduled proactively following initial contac
    • ​​​​​​​https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/tobacco-quitlines

• Tobacco taxes
  • Increase tobacco per unit prices through taxes at the federal, state, or local level
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/tobacco-taxes

• School-based tobacco prevention skill-building programs
  • Teach students personal and social skills to avoid tobacco use; led by teachers, health educators, or students in elementary schools, middle schools, or high schools
    • https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/school-based-tobacco-prevention-skill-building-programs ​​​​​​​

Goal: Reduce illness, disability, and death related to tobacco use and secondhand smoke by reducing current tobacco use in adults — TU‑01

HP 2030 Target 16.2%