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American Lung Association Report Gives Illinois Mixed Grades
Illinois scored
one very high and three very low grades in tobacco control policies from
the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2007 report, which
highlighted significant progress in smoke free air and outlined progress to
be made in tobacco prevention and control spending, cigarette tax and youth
access. Illinois received the following grades:
-- Smoke free air: A
-- Cigarette tax: D (Higher cigarette taxes reduce the number of kids
who smoke and increase the number of adults who quit. Studies show that for
every 10 percent increase in the cost of a pack of cigarettes, there is a
seven percent decline in youth consumption.)
-- Youth access: D (Reflects enactment and enforcement of policies that
restrict the sale and distribution of tobacco products to minors.)
-- Tobacco prevention and control spending: F (Grading is based on the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's [CDC] 2007 updated Best
Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs, which recommended
that Illinois apply $64.9 million per year on tobacco control and
prevention spending. More than 16,900 people in Illinois die each year from
diseases caused by cigarette smoking. CDC estimates that if all states
funded their tobacco control programs at the recommended level of
investment for five years, it would result in five million fewer smokers
nationally.)
"We began 2008 celebrating a huge victory for the health of Illinois
workers with the comprehensive Smoke Free Illinois law which became
effective January 1," said Kathy Drea, Director of Public Policy, American
Lung Association of Illinois and Greater Chicago.
Smoke free Air Laws Help Prompt Adults to Quit Smoking
One of the many benefits of comprehensive smoke free air laws is that
they increase the number of people who quit and discourage kids from
starting to smoke. In fact, calls during the last six weeks to the Illinois
Tobacco QuitLine, through the American Lung Association (ALA) of Illinois
and Greater Chicago's partnership with the Illinois Department of Public
Health, have doubled over the same time last year. Attendance at ALA's
Freedom from Smoking(R) classes is also twice that of last year.
"While Smoke Free Illinois will help encourage people to quit smoking,
there's still work to be done to improve lung health," said Drea. "The
American Lung Association of Illinois and Greater Chicago will continue its
work to increase the state cigarette tax, pass a bill to license tobacco
retailers in Illinois (which is one of the most effective ways to reduce
youth access to tobacco products) and work to increase funding for
statewide tobacco control efforts."
Federal Tobacco Prevention Issues and Tobacco Industry Spending
In addition to grading each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico, the annual report card grades federal tobacco control
efforts, including: cigarette tax, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
regulation of tobacco products, cessation policies and ratification of the
international tobacco control treaty.
Grades for federal issues -- FDA regulation of tobacco products,
cigarette tax, cession policies, and the international tobacco control
treaty -- still score only Ds and Fs. But Congress is poised to pass the
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to give the FDA oversight
over tobacco products - legislation that will curb the marketing of
cigarettes to children and teens.
Data released in 2007 detailed the tobacco industry's spending,
including approximately $36 million a day ($13.1 billion annually) in
marketing, in addition to $1.7 million in direct contributions to federal
candidates and $96 million to state candidates, committees and ballot
measure campaigns during the 2005 and 2006 election cycle. R.J. Reynolds
violated the spirit of an agreement with state Attorneys General
prohibiting marketing to youth by introducing a new line of flavored
cigarettes. Data shows that smokers aged 17 to 19 favor these products.
During 2007, two major public health reports -- from the President's
Cancer Panel and the Institute of Medicine -- heralded the need for the
federal and state governments to take urgent action to reduce America's
tobacco epidemic.
For more information and to view the full State of Tobacco Control 2007
report, visit http://www.lungil.org.
American Lung Association of Illinois & Greater Chicago
http://www.lungil.org
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