Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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This page provides access to information about evidence-based practices for achieving objectives of the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 health priority "Tobacco Use and Exposure." Below you will see the objectives in the implementation plan for this health priority.

Select an objective to see summary results of research on the effectiveness of various public health strategies (interventions) to achieve the objective. Note that for some objectives, no link is provided because a research summary has not yet been completed.

1. Youth Prevention
   1. Tobacco use among Wisconsin middle school youth will decrease from 16 percent in 2000 to 12 percent in 2010.
      
      
   2. Tobacco use among Wisconsin high school youth will decrease from 39 percent in 2000 to 29 percent in 2010.
      
      
2. Tobacco Cessation
   1. Current cigarette smoking among all adults (18+) will decrease from 24 percent in 2000 to 19 percent in 2010.
      
      
   2. Current cigarette smoking among young adults (18 - 24) will decrease from 40 percent in 2000 to 32 percent in 2010.
      
      
3. Secondhand Smoke
   1. Adults who reported that they or someone else smoked in their home in the past 30 days will decrease from 28 percent in 2000 to 21 percent in 2010.
      
      
   2. Adults who reported that smoking is allowed in some or all work areas as their place of work's official smoking policy will decrease from 26 percent in 2000 to 19 percent in 2010.
      
      
   3. Youth who reported that they live with someone who smokes will decrease from 44 percent in 2000 to 33 percent in 2010.

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Last Revised: July 12, 2010