Contributors
Project Description
Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Approximately 480,000 people die in the U.S. each year due to tobacco-related illnesses (CDC, 2014). In order to reduce the health and economic burden of tobacco use in Alabama, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) develops and implements statewide efforts to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use and to monitor the use and control of tobacco in the state. ADPH also funds the Alabama Quitline, the telephone and website service to assist tobacco users in their efforts to quit. ISSR provides evaluation for the activities of the Tobacco Use and Prevention Branch of ADPH, telephone surveys to assess tobacco use and attitudes toward tobacco use restrictions on a state and local level, and reports on the burden of tobacco use and return on investment for various tobacco programs.
Publications
Dunlap, S.T., & McCallum, D.M. (2019). Updated: The burden of tobacco in Alabama, 2019. Report prepared for the Alabama Department of Public Health. https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/tobacco/assets/tobaccoburdenreport2019.pdf
McCallum, D., Fosson, G., & Pisu, M. (2014). Making the case for Medicaid funding of smoking cessation treatment programs: An application to state-level health care savings. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 25(4), 1992-1940. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2014.0171
Fosson, G., McCallum, D., & Conaway, M. (2014). Antismoking mass media campaigns and support for smoke-free environments, Mobile County, Alabama, 2011-2012. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11, 140106. doi: 10.5888/pcd11.140106
Fosson, G., McCallum, D., & Beeson, D. (2014). The health and economic consequences of tobacco in Alabama, 2009-2010. Public Health Reports, 129(6), 486-490. doi: 10.1177/00333549141290060