TY - JOUR
T1 - Local tobacco control
T2 - Application of the essential public health services model in a county health department's efforts to put it out Rockland
AU - Lieberman, Lisa
AU - Diffley, Una
AU - King, Sandy
AU - Chanler, Shelley
AU - Ferrara, Maryanne
AU - Alleyne, Oscar
AU - Facelle, Joan
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - In 2000, Rockland County, a small suburban county north of New York City, dedicated $1 million of its Master Settlement Agreement funds to a comprehensive tobacco control program, Put It Out Rockland. Developed and implemented by the county health department, this program used an essential public health services model and an ongoing financial investment, within the context of strong statewide tobacco control efforts, to lower adult smoking rates to 9.7% and to reduce both smoking among youths and exposure to secondhand smoke over the ensuing decade. By combining state funds and local dollars for a total of $6.75 cost per capita, this comprehensive effort yielded 11 000 fewer smokers and translated to a potential savings of more than $24 million for the county.
AB - In 2000, Rockland County, a small suburban county north of New York City, dedicated $1 million of its Master Settlement Agreement funds to a comprehensive tobacco control program, Put It Out Rockland. Developed and implemented by the county health department, this program used an essential public health services model and an ongoing financial investment, within the context of strong statewide tobacco control efforts, to lower adult smoking rates to 9.7% and to reduce both smoking among youths and exposure to secondhand smoke over the ensuing decade. By combining state funds and local dollars for a total of $6.75 cost per capita, this comprehensive effort yielded 11 000 fewer smokers and translated to a potential savings of more than $24 million for the county.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886394700&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301284
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301284
M3 - Article
C2 - 24028263
AN - SCOPUS:84886394700
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 103
SP - 1942
EP - 1948
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 11
ER -