Smoke-Free Arizona

Data Helps Shape Public Health Priorities

By |2018-01-24T08:33:06-07:00January 18th, 2018|Preparedness|

ADHS collects huge amounts of data to help understand and address health problems across our state.  The department uses statistics to get insights about how many people in Arizona get Valley Fever each year or where environmental hazards are.  We also use statistics to address causes of disease, finding answers that impact policy and program decisions. In the 1940s [...]

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Arizona Smoke-Free Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary

By |2017-05-01T09:52:37-07:00May 1st, 2017|Preparedness|

Do you remember walking into your favorite restaurant and being asked, “smoking or non-smoking?” Just a decade ago you could still hear that familiar phrase as smoking in a restaurant or bar was legal. Those smoking sections did little to protect non-smokers from the dangers of secondhand smoke. Voters passed the Smoke-Free Arizona Act in [...]

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New ADHS Annual Reports

By |2017-02-10T09:49:36-07:00June 19th, 2014|General|

Sprinkled throughout state statute, ADHS has several required reports that we issue on a regular basis. These reports are important and help create and maintain a level of transparency and accountability in everything we do. We recently published the annual Smoke Free report, and the Food Analysis Safety Report, and our 2013 Agency Annual Report, highlighting [...]

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Project Quit Kickoff

By |2017-02-10T09:50:11-07:00August 30th, 2013|General|

Tobacco is one of the most difficult addictions to break. A successful tobacco quitter can make on average 10 attempts before they’re able to finally kick the habit. This week we launched Project Quit, a new initiative developed in partnership with the Arizona Smokers Helpline a.k.a. ASHLine to showcase the tobacco quit process.  Project Quit follows [...]

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Smoke Free Arizona at 6

By |2017-02-10T09:50:18-07:00July 25th, 2013|Prevention|

Our Smoke Free Arizona program turned 6 last month.  Voters approved the Act back in November of ’06 by a few percentage points.  The Initiative language gave us a super-short turn-around time and we turned the key on the program by May of ’07.  Implementation of the Initiative was smooth from the get-go and compliance with the [...]

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“Be SunWise & Play Sun Smart”

By |2017-02-10T09:51:09-07:00June 5th, 2012|General|

Aksel Laudon, a 6th-grade student at Kyrene Centennial Middle School in Phoenix, is this year’s “Be SunWise and Play Sun Smart” poster-drawing contest winner. Aksel’s drawing was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks from more than 7,000 student poster entries.  Aksel and his teacher Jeffrey Garrett, and their families will be celebrated at the June 5 DBacks game in a pre-game award ceremony on [...]

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Smoke Free AZ Turns 5

By |2017-02-10T09:51:10-07:00May 30th, 2012|General, Prevention|

It’s hard to believe- but our Smoke Free Arizona program turned 5 this month.  Voters approved the Act back in November of ’06 by a few percentage points.  The Initiative language gave us a super-short turn-around time (just like medical marijuana)…  and we turned the key on the program by May of ’07.  Implementation of the [...]

Arizona Breaking Through the National Smoking Trend

By |2010-09-10T11:19:40-07:00September 10th, 2010|Prevention|

A new report from the CDC this week showed that the smoking rate across the US has stayed flat at about 20% over the last 5 years.  Not so in Arizona, where we’ve decreased from 20% in 2005 to 16% in 2009, according to our latest BRFS report.   As is the case across the country, [...]

New Electronic Smokefree AZ Reporting Module

By |2010-08-10T08:05:17-07:00August 10th, 2010|General|

Our Smoke Free Arizona and ITS teams polished off their electronic Complaint Reporting System this week.  Our county partners can use the new tool to manage complaints electronically.  The reports can be downloaded in PDF format or Excel.  This is a great example of a solid team effort with participation from both teams including Harmony Duport, [...]

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Smoke Free Arizona Annual Report

By |2010-06-04T09:10:57-07:00June 4th, 2010|Preparedness|

Our Smoke Free Arizona team published our 3rd annual ADHS Smoke-Free Arizona Annual Report 2010 this week.  The report found (just like last year) that compliance the law is excellent, thanks in large part to the common-sense approach that we took when implementing the act since 2007.  Over the last year, the county health departments conducted [...]

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