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Nevada Facts:
Tobacco use
remains the leading preventable cause of death in the
United States, causing more than 400,000 deaths each
year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $96.7
billion in direct medical costs.
Currently, the
smoking attributable cost for Adults in Nevada,
including annual health care costs ($565 million) and
costs related to loss of productivity ($832 million),
was estimated at approximately $1.4 billion. With the
current smoking prevalence rate in Nevada of 21.5%, or
an estimated 584,442 smokers in the state, the average
cost per smoker was $2,395.45 per year. Source:
Tobacco Free Kids
Each year, smoking
kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car
crashes, murders, suicides, and fires---combined!
Nationally,
smoking results in more than 5 million years of
potential life lost each year.
Approximately 80%
of adult smokers started smoking before the age of 18.
Every day, nearly 3,000 young people under the age of 18
become regular smokers.
More than 5
million children living today will die prematurely
because of a decision they will make as
adolescents---the decision to smoke cigarettes. |
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Department of
Health and Human Services
Nevada State Health Division
Bureau of Child, Family and Community Wellness
Tobacco Prevention and Education Program
4150 Technology Way, Suite 210
Carson City, NV 89706
Monica Morales, MPA, Tobacco and Wellness Program
Manager
(775) 684-3205
Karla Bee, MPH,
Tobacco Program Coordinator
(775) 684-5957
Tami Smith, Surveillance and Evaluation
(775) 684-4235
Ashley McCrosky,
Tobacco Prevention and Education Program Support
(775) 684-4134
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