Local tobacco control: Application of the essential public health services model in a county health department's efforts to put it out Rockland

Lisa Lieberman, Una Diffley, Sandy King, Shelley Chanler, Maryanne Ferrara, Oscar Alleyne, Joan Facelle

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1942-1948
Number of pages7
JournalAmerican Journal of Public Health
Volume103
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2013

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Local tobacco control: Application of the essential public health services model in a county health department's efforts to put it out Rockland'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this