IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/10.2105-ajph.2013.301284_1.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

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

Author

Listed:
  • Lieberman, L.
  • Diffley, U.
  • King, S.
  • Chanler, S.
  • Ferrara, M.
  • Alleyne, O.
  • Facelle, J.

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. Copyright © 2013 by the American Public Health Association®.

Suggested Citation

  • Lieberman, L. & Diffley, U. & King, S. & Chanler, S. & Ferrara, M. & Alleyne, O. & Facelle, J., 2013. "Local tobacco control: Application of the essential public health services model in a county health department's efforts to put it out Rockland," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(11), pages 1942-1948.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301284_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301284
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301284
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301284?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301284_1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.