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		<title>Wyoming Commercial Tobacco and Nicotine Fact Sheets</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2025/03/04/wyoming-commercial-tobacco-and-nicotine-fact-sheets/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wyoming-commercial-tobacco-and-nicotine-fact-sheets</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laran Despain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue Briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Initiation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Substance Use and Tobacco Prevention Program at the Wyoming Department of Health partnered with WYSAC at the University of Wyoming to develop a series of fact sheets about commercial tobacco and nicotine. These fact sheets mostly use data from the 2021 Wyoming Adult Tobacco Survey, along with other research to provide context. The fact [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2021 Wyoming Adult Tobacco Survey</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2023/10/19/2021-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2021-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shinze Kato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENDS Aerosol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicotine Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, annually causing more than 480,000 deaths. In Wyoming, smoking leads to approximately 800 deaths from smoking-related illnesses each year and nearly $258 million in annual healthcare costs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014a). In addition, scientists have known since the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2019 Wyoming Adult Tobacco Survey</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2023/01/01/2019-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2019-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shinze Kato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Since the 1950s, scientists have been collecting evidence about the harmful effects of smoking. In 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office issued a landmark report, Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, which stated that a link between smoking and certain cancers exists (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Impact of Tobacco in Wyoming</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2020/12/15/impact-of-tobacco-in-wyoming-4/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=impact-of-tobacco-in-wyoming-4</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laran Despain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Initiation]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/?p=3075</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Context for Tobacco Prevention in Wyoming There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. Each year, an estimated 800 Wyoming adults die prematurely from smoking-attributable illnesses such as heart disease, lung diseases, and cancers (primarily of the respiratory system; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014a). In 2010, tobacco-related healthcare cost Wyoming [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2017 Wyoming Adult Tobacco Survey</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2020/01/28/2017-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2017-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shinze Kato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health & Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Wyoming Adult Tobacco Survey (ATS) is a key component in the evaluation of Wyoming's Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP). Under contract to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), the Wyoming Survey &#038; Analysis Center (WYSAC) at the University of Wyoming called adults across the state (via cell phone and landline) to ask about their use of and attitudes about tobacco products and policies.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Social, Health, and Economic Effects of Smokefree Laws</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2019/09/20/social-health-and-economic-effects-of-smokefree-laws/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=social-health-and-economic-effects-of-smokefree-laws</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janelle Simpson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue Briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effects of Smokefree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/?p=2177</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[One of the four key goals the Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP) shares with the federal tobacco prevention and control program is to decrease exposure to secondhand smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2017). According to the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2014) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2014), smokefree policies improve public health by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke. By enacting and implementing smokefree indoor air policies and laws, Wyoming communities reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and, ultimately, can reduce tobacco-related economic costs, disease, and death (CDC, 2017).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2015 Wyoming Adult Tobacco Survey</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2017/05/09/2015-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2015-wyoming-adult-tobacco-survey</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shinze Kato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 19:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/?p=1870</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP) works to reduce tobacco use in Wyoming by using a comprehensive, multi-strategy approach. The TPCP aligns its strategies around four goal areas that it shares with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2016 Hospitality Survey</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2017/02/23/__trashed-31__trashed-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=__trashed-31__trashed-2</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laran Despain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adults]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurants and Bars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/?p=1912</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP) shares a goal with the federal tobacco prevention and control program: decrease exposure to secondhand smoke (Starr, et al., 2005). According to the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2014) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2014), smoke-free air policies improve public health by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Impact of Tobacco in Wyoming</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2016/12/08/impact-of-tobacco-in-wyoming-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=impact-of-tobacco-in-wyoming-2</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janelle Simpson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cessation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smokeless Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Initiation]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/?p=1309</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Impact of Tobacco in Wyoming: 2016 Annual Summary provides data on the prevalence of tobacco use and data associated with the four goals of the Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program:

Reduce youth initiation
Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke
Promote tobacco cessation
Minimize disparities in the burden of tobacco use.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Impact of Tobacco in Wyoming</title>
		<link>https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/2015/08/05/impact-of-tobacco-in-wyoming/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=impact-of-tobacco-in-wyoming</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janelle Simpson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Cigarettes / ENDS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Smokefree Policies & Laws]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Initiation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/?p=980</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Impact of Tobacco in Wyoming: 2015 Annual Summary provides data on the prevalence of tobacco use and data associated with the four goals of the Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program:

Reduce youth initiation
Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke
Promote tobacco cessation
Minimize disparities in the burden of tobacco use.]]></description>
		
		
		
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