Journal article
Preventing 3 Million Premature Deaths and Helping 5 Million Smokers Quit: A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.94(2), pp.205-210
02/01/2004
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.2.205
PMCID: PMC1448229
PMID: 14759928
Abstract
In August 2002, the Subcommittee on Cessation of the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) was charged with developing recommendations to substantially increase rates of tobacco cessation in the United States.
The subcommittee’s report,
A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation
, outlines 10 recommendations for reducing premature morbidity and mortality by helping millions of Americans stop using tobacco. The plan includes both evidence-based, population-wide strategies designed to promote cessation (e.g., a national quitline network) and a Smokers’ Health Fund to finance the programs (through a $2 per pack excise tax increase).
The subcommittee report was presented to the ICSH (February 11, 2003), which unanimously endorsed sending it to Secretary Thompson for his consideration. In this article, we summarize the national action plan.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preventing 3 Million Premature Deaths and Helping 5 Million Smokers Quit: A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation
- Creators
- Michael C. Fiore - University of Wisconsin–MadisonRobert T. Croyle - National Institutes of HealthSusan J. Curry - University of Illinois at ChicagoCharles M. Cutler - University of Illinois at ChicagoRonald M. Davis - University of Illinois at ChicagoCatherine Gordon - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCheryl Healton - University of Illinois at ChicagoHoward K. Koh - Harvard UniversityC. Tracy Orleans - Robert Wood Johnson FoundationDennis Richling - Midwest Business Group on HealthDavid Satcher - Morehouse School of MedicineJohn Seffrin - American Cancer SocietyChristine Williams - Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityLarry N. Williams - University of Illinois at ChicagoPaula A. Keller - University of Wisconsin–MadisonTimothy B. Baker - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.94(2), pp.205-210
- Publisher
- American Journal of Public Health 2004
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.94.2.205
- PMID
- 14759928
- PMCID
- PMC1448229
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984366278302771
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