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North Shore Tobacco Control Program

The North Shore Tobacco Control Program (NSTCP) is part of the eight-city North Shore Boards of Health Collaborative: Lynn, Danvers, Marblehead, Nahant, Peabody, Salem, Saugus and Swampscott, Massachusetts.

NSTCP is funded through the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP) where activities are supported by the Health Protection Fund, established upon the passage of the voter referendum Question 1 (Tobacco Excise Tax) in November 1992.

The Collaborative is part of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health effort to reduce tobacco use in the Commonwealth and to keep tobacco products out of the hands of children.

NSTCP's mission is to provide services in tobacco control specifically in:

DID YOU KNOW ...
Tobacco Use in Massachusetts

High School students who smoke 34%
   
Number of kids (under 18) who become new daily smokers each year 24,000
   
Kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home 297,000 
   
Number of packs of cigarettes illegally sold to kids in Massachusetts each year 5.8 million

Tobacco-Related Monetary Costs

Annual health care expenditures in Massachusetts directly related to tobacco use $2.4 billion
   
Resident's state and federal tax burden caused by tobacco-related health costs $910 million
   
Massachusetts's government Medicaid payments directly related to tobacco use $400 million
   
Expenditures in Massachusetts for babies' health problems caused by mothers smoking or being exposed to second hand smoke during pregnancy $26 to $76 million
 
Sources of Information-Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

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