Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Mission Statement
The mission of the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP) is to address the public health crisis caused by the use of all forms of commercial tobacco products. MTUPP will work to eliminate tobacco use, especially among young people, through statewide programs and policies.
Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report
Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report
Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Plan
Program Goals
The goal of MTUPP is to reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use by:- Preventing tobacco use among young people;
- Eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke;
- Eliminating disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among certain population groups; and
- Promoting quitting among adults and young people.
For help quitting, contact the Montana Tobacco Quit Line |
Montana Facts and Figures
- Every year, Montanans pay more than $216 million in medical expenditures attributable to smoking; and businesses pay more than $277 million in lost productivity due to illness and time off.
- Every pack of cigarettes purchased in the United States costs society about $7—half in medical costs and half in lost productivity.
- In 2002, Montana kids bought or smoked 3.4 million packs of cigarettes.
- Seventeen percent of all adults in Montana smoke, and 39% of American Indian adults in Montana smoke (ATS, 2006)
- Montana adult males use spit tobacco at a rate that is almost double the national average (12% compared to 8%). (ATS, 2006)
- In 2006, the Montana Prevention Needs Assessment found that, among adolescents in grades 8, 10, and 12, 17% smoked and 15% of males used smokeless tobacco.
Four Montanans die every day from tobacco-related diseases.
Page last updated 03/10/2008
