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The Minnesota adult smoking rate is at an all-time low of 17 percent below the national average.
ClearWay MinnesotaSM, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health. Creating a Healthier Minnesota: Progress in Reducing Tobacco Use. Minneapolis: 2008. Minnesota Clear Indoor Air Act. 2008 Minnesota Statute – 144.411 to 144.417. Available at https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=144. Accessed January 7, 2009.
There are now 164,000 fewer adult smokers in Minnesota than in 1999.
ClearWay MinnesotaSM, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health. Creating a Healthier Minnesota: Progress in Reducing Tobacco Use. Minneapolis: 2008.
Fewer young adults (18-24-year-olds) are smoking today. The percentage of Minnesota young adult smokers dropped from 37 percent in 2003 to 28 percent in 2007.
ClearWay MinnesotaSM, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health. Creating a Healthier Minnesota: Progress in Reducing Tobacco Use. Minneapolis: 2008.
In October 2007, all Minnesota workplaces went smoke-free, including bars and restaurants.
Minnesota Clear Indoor Air Act. 2008 Minnesota Statute – 144.411 to 144.417. Available at https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=144. Accessed January 7, 2009.
A September 2008 survey found that an overwhelming 77 percent of Minnesotans support the statewide smoke-free law.
ClearWay MinnesotaSM. As First Anniversary Approaches, Poll Finds Statewide Smoke-Free Law as Popular as Leading Minnesota Icons. Available at www.clearwaymn.org. Accessed December 30, 2008.
A March 2008 study found that the statewide smoke-free law significantly reduced exposure to a tobacco-specific cancer-causing chemical in nonsmoking bar and restaurant workers.
University of Minnesota Cancer Center and ClearWay MinnesotaSM. Research Brief: Carcinogen and Nicotine Exposure in Hospitality Workers Before and After the Freedom to Breathe Act. 2008
The majority of smokers in Minnesota want to quit. More than half of Minnesota adults who smoked in the past year attempted to quit during that time.
ClearWay MinnesotaSM, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health. Creating a Healthier Minnesota: Progress in Reducing Tobacco Use. Minneapolis: 2008.
Higher tobacco prices and smoke-free policies help Minnesota smokers quit.
ClearWay MinnesotaSM, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health. Creating a Healthier Minnesota: Progress in Reducing Tobacco Use. Minneapolis: 2008.
Every Minnesota smoker who wants to quit has access to free help through QUITPLAN® Services.
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Twelve hours after quitting, the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Within 20 Minutes of Quitting. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/posters/20mins/. Accessed January 8, 2009.
One year after quitting, your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker’s.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Within 20 Minutes of Quitting. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/posters/20mins/. Accessed January 8, 2009.
Ten years after quitting, your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker’s. Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Within 20 Minutes of Quitting. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/posters/20mins/. Accessed January 8, 2009.
Help Quitting with QUITPLAN® Services
Any Minnesotan who wants to quit tobacco use has access to free help through QUITPLAN® Services. Created by ClearWay MinnesotaSM, QUITPLAN® Services is one of the most comprehensive stop-smoking programs in the country. The programs provide options for tobacco users to get help, either over the phone, in person at a health center, or online. QUITPLAN® Services are available for free to Minnesotans whether they have health coverage or not.
Minnesotans who use QUITPLAN® Services are much more likely to successfully quit than those who try to quit on their own. Contact QUITPLAN® Services to find out about all the free help to quit smoking, including free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges.*
*Phone or in person counseling required for free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges
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