Connecticut State Department of Public Health

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Our program coordinates and assists state and local efforts to prevent people from starting to use tobacco, help current tobacco users quit, and reduce nonsmokers' exposure to second-hand and third-hand smoke.

The single most important thing you can do for your health is to be tobacco-free.

Did You Know?

• Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.

• There are more than 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke. Hundreds of these chemicals are toxic and about 70 are known to cause cancer in humans and animals, and at least 250 in second hand smoke have been shown to damage health.

• Heart disease is the # 1 cause of death in the US and in Connecticut, and smoking is the #1 cause of heart disease.

*NEW - HUD Final Ruling on Smoke Free Policies in Public Housing

*New Data Updates - Smoking In Connecticut: Statistics & Reports

*NEW - FDA takes significant steps to protect Americans from dangers of tobacco through new regulation

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

In June 2009, the President signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) (Public Law 111-31) into law. This Act grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco.

 

They oversee the manufacture, marketing and distribution of these tobacco products in order to protect public health and to reduce tobacco use by children and adolescents. The Center for Tobacco Products at FDA was created to oversee and enforce the Tobacco Control Act.

The rule contains provisions designed to limit youth access to tobacco products, as well as restrictions on marketing to curb the appeal of these products to youth. Provisions of the new FDA regulations went into effect on June 22, 2010.

Learn more about the FDA regulations regarding tobacco products at www.fda.gov/tobacco

 

Thinking About Quitting?

 

For Free Help or Information to Quit call the

CT Quitline at 1-800-784-8669 or

For the hearing impaired -TTY number is 1-877-777-6534.

or go to www.CommitToQuitCT.com to enroll online.

 

 

 Meet In Person Cessation Services: Local Community Cessation Directory

Additional Information:                                           

Tobacco Industry Marketing        Tobacco and Pregnancy        Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheet

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - (E-Cig) Fact Sheet       Tobacco Times Newsletter   

Upcoming Trainings    

Resources:

Smoke Free Housing Resources

 

Smoke Free College Campuses

Sample Smoke & Vape Free Signage

 

Types of Tobacco Products (PDF)

 

What You Can Do to Make a Difference (PDF)

DPH Lending Library - material order catalog

Surgeon General's Report- The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress,  Executive Summary

       

                       

For more information, please call

The Tobacco Control Program

(860) 509-8251

 

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