Alaska Tobacco Control Alliance

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the first ever global study on secondhand smoke, revealing that one in every 100 deaths is due to secondhand smoke. It kills over 165,000 children per year, and over 600.000 people per year around the globe.  Policymakers hope that the study will encourage support for WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a global initiative aimed at reducing tobacco-related disease by increased taxes, banning tobacco advertising, eliminating smoking in public places, and making tobacco less commercially attractive. The complete study across 192 countries was originally published in The Lancet. Read more »

Alaska’s Tobacco Quit Line provides free, confidential telephone coaching and medication to help Alaska residents quit tobacco. Smokers and chewers can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) to speak with a Quit Coach and create an individualized, effective plan to guide them through the quitting process or visit www.alaskaquitline.com for more information. Eight weeks of free nicotine replacement product is available to all eligible callers. Read More »