Preventing 3 million premature deaths and helping 5 million smokers quit: a national action plan for tobacco cessation.
In August 2002, the Subcommittee on Cessation of the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) was charged with developing recommendations to substantially increase rates of tobacco cessation in the United States. The subcommittee's report, A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation, outlines 10 recommendations for reducing premature morbidity and mortality by helping millions of Americans stop using tobacco. The plan includes both evidence-based, population-wide strategies designed to promote cessation (e.g., a national quitline network) and a Smokers' Health Fund to finance the programs (through a 2 US dollar per pack excise tax increase). The subcommittee report was presented to the ICSH (February 11, 2003), which unanimously endorsed sending it to Secretary Thompson for his consideration. In this article, we summarize the national action plan.
Fiore
Michael C
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Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, 53711, USA. mcf@ctri.medicine.wisc.edu
Croyle
Robert T
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Curry
Susan J
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Cutler
Charles M
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Davis
Ronald M
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Gordon
Catherine
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Healton
Cheryl
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Koh
Howard K
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Orleans
C Tracy
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Richling
Dennis
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Satcher
David
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Seffrin
John
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Williams
Christine
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Williams
Larry N
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Keller
Paula A
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Baker
Timothy B
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