Tobacco Free Gallatin - Tobacco use is the #1 cause of preventable death in the U.S. Every year, over 440,000 Americans die from tobacco use. If we do not act decisively today, a hundred years from now our grand-children and their children will look back and seriously question how people claiming to be committed to public health and social justice allowed the tobacco epidemic to unfold unchecked. Former WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland, MD, MPH A Report of the United States Surgeon General This is the 30th tobacco-related Surgeon General’s report issued since 1964. It describes in detail the specific pathways by which tobacco smoke damages the human body. The scientific evidence supports the following conclusions:There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. Any exposure to tobacco smoke – even an occasional cigarette or exposure to secondhand smoke – is harmful.Damage from tobacco smoke is immediate.Smoking longer means more damage.Cigarettes are designed for addiction.There is no safe cigarette.The only proven strategy for reducing the risk of tobacco-related disease and death is to never smoke, and if you do smoke to quit.

Gallatin County Tobacco Use Prevention

Ending the tobacco epidemic requires a renewed effort by all of us to change the social norm around tobacco use and reinvigorate a national discussion on tobacco use prevention and control efforts.

Tobacco use is the #1 cause of preventable death in the U.S. Every year, over 440,000 Americans die from tobacco use.

If we do not act decisively today, a hundred years from now our grand-children and their children will look back and seriously question how people claiming to be committed to public health and social justice allowed the tobacco epidemic to unfold unchecked.

Former WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland, MD, MPH

A Report of the United States Surgeon General

This is the 30^th tobacco-related Surgeon General’s report issued since 1964. It describes in detail the specific pathways by which tobacco smoke damages the human body.

The scientific evidence supports the following conclusions:

There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. Any exposure to tobacco smoke – even an occasional cigarette or exposure to secondhand smoke – is harmful.

Damage from tobacco smoke is immediate.

Smoking longer means more damage.

Cigarettes are designed for addiction.

There is no safe cigarette.

The only proven strategy for reducing the risk of tobacco-related disease and death is to never smoke, and if you do smoke to quit.

Gallatin County Tobacco Use Prevention Program

404 West Main

Bozeman, Montana 59715