Vision:
For all Alaskans to live healthy and tobacco-free lives
Mission:
Provide leadership, coordinate resources, and promote efforts that support Alaskans in living healthy and tobacco-free lives.
Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
Our Program Goals to achieve our mission:
- Eliminate exposure to environmental tobacco smoke;
- Identify and eliminate disparities experienced by population groups relative to tobacco and its use;
- Promote quitting among adults and youth; and
- Prevent initiation of tobacco use among youth.
Tobacco Toolkits
Tobacco Publications
- FY08 Annual Report
- Regional Data Summaries
- Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska — Annual Report: 2007 Update
- Alaskan Partnerships: Statewide Plan to Reduce Tobacco Addiction and Exposure, 2007
- What State Surveys Tell Us About Tobacco Use Among Alaska Natives
- Strategic Plan for Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities
- Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska: Past Progress and Challenges Ahead, Fiscal Year 2006
- Smoking Behavior and Beliefs Among Non-Native Alaskans of Low Socio-Economic Status: Implications for Program Planning
- Alaska Tobacco Facts
- Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska: Preventing Addiction — Saving Lives, Fiscal Year 2005
- Tobacco in the Great Land: A Portrait of Alaska's Leading Cause of Death
- Epi Bulletins related to Tobacco
- Alaska Quitline Final Report
Free tobacco cessation help is available through the
Alaska Tobacco Quit Line:
888-842-QUIT (7848)
Thinking about quitting tobacco? Alaska's Quit Line is ready to help. Alaska's Tobacco Quit Line provides free one-on-one telephone counseling, information on how to quit and referral services seven days a week. Current tobacco users are encouraged to use this free resource to help them quit. Simply call 888-842-QUIT (7848).
When calling 888-842-QUIT (7848), a trained Quit Coach answers the telephone and provides individual assistance to each caller that includes:
- An assessment of readiness to quit
- A customized quit plan
- Motivation and problem solving advice
- Up-to-date information on cessation aids and referral services
- A free Tobacco Quit Guide with helpful "how to" guides and resources
- Skill building and problem-solving
- Relapse prevention
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