Summarizes what government agencies have learned over nearly 40 years of the public health effort against smoking. Presents a historical accounting of these efforts as well as the reasons why comprehensive smoking control strategies are now needed to address the smoker1s total environment and reduce smoking prevalence significantly over the next decade. Over 80 charts, tables and illustrations.

Sections of the report include: the role of public policy change in tobacco control: current state of the science; state laws and local ordinances to reduce tobacco use: clean indoor air provisions, youth access provisions, and advertising restrictions; workplace smoking restrictions, rules about smoking in the home, and attitudes toward smoking restrictions in public places; national and state-specific estimates from the current population survey; and model ordinances. Summary of State tobacco control laws. Charts and tables.

The Affordable Care Act, landmark health legislation passed in 2010, called for the development of the National Prevention Strategy to realize the benefits of prevention for all Americans¿ health. This Strategy builds on the law¿s efforts to lower health care costs, improve the quality of care, and provide coverage options for the uninsured. Contents: Nat. Leadership; Partners in Prevention; Healthy and Safe Community Environ.; Clinical and Community Preventive Services; Elimination of Health Disparities; Priorities: Tobacco Free Living; Preventing Drug Abuse and Excessive Alcohol Use; Healthy Eating; Active Living; Injury and Violence Free Living; Reproductive and Sexual Health; Mental and Emotional Well-being. Illus. A print on demand report.

This report focuses on the vulnerable adolescent ages of 10 through 18 when most users start smoking, chewing, or dipping & become addicted to tobacco. It examines the health effects of early smoking & smokeless tobacco use, the reasons that young men & women begin using tobacco, the extent to which they use tobacco, tobacco advertising & promotional activities (history of cigarette advertising to the young); & efforts to prevent tobacco use by young people (public opinion; educational efforts; & public policies). Charts, tables & graphs. Glossary. Index.