Tobacco Prevention and Control

According to the Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2012, 18.6 percent of adults in Illinois are smokers and 2.5 percent use smokeless tobacco products. The U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both agree using the techniques and support of a tobacco quitline can increase an individual’s success in quitting tobacco use by up to 56 percent. The Illinois Department of Public Health funds the Illinois Tobacco Quitline (ITQL), which is operated by the American Lung Association. This partnership was formed in 2001 to provide free tobacco cessation services to those attempting to quit tobacco use. Quitline staff can help cigarette, cigar, pipe, snuff and chew tobacco users.

• IL Tobacco Quitline
• Smoke Free IL Website
• Tobacco Use & Oral Health

• Smoke Free Illinois Act

• Infographic - Lung Cancer
• Infographic - Tobacco Use in Illinois
• Infographic - Smoke-Free Housing
• E-Cigarettes Health Beat
• Adult Tobacco Survey 2007
• Adult Tobacco Survey 2005
• Chronic Disease Burden Update - IL Tobacco Quitline Cessation
• Chronic Disease Burden Update - Menthol Cigarette Use
• Chronic Disease Burden Update - Nielsen In The Community
• Chronic Disease Burden Update - Tobacco Advertising
• Chronic Disease Burden Update - Impact of Smoke-free Illinois Act
• I Decide 2001 - 2002
• I Decide 2000 - 2001
• IL Tobacco Burden 2013
• IL Tobacco Use Infographic 2011
• Youth Tobacco Survey 2010
• Youth Tobacco Survey 2008
• Youth Tobacco Survey 2006
• Youth Tobacco Survey 2005
• Youth Tobacco Survey 2002
• Join the Celebration - 10 Year Smoke-Free Workplaces and Public Places Flyer