The state of tobacco control Lead agency: Parkview Health Allen County Coalition Coordinator: Nancy Cripe
1900 Carew St., Suite 1 Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Ph: (260) 760-7555 Fx: (260) 373-4278
TOBACCO AND HEALTH IN ALLEN COUNTY
Percent of adults who smoke Smoking and pregnancy Births affected by 535 smoking low birth weight, SIDS, reduced lung function Cost of smoking $726,530 related births Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 residents Percent of pregnant women who smoke Indiana...... 11.5% Allen County...... 7.3%
Smoking deaths
Cardiovascular disease deaths per 100,000 residents Deaths attributable to smoking 591
Deaths due to secondhand smoke 73 Asthma related emergency room visits per 10,000 residents Economic burden of secondhand smoke: $118.7 million
Smoking related illness 17,715
TOBACCO CONTROL FUNDING $6.1 billion $410,000 Economic cost in Indiana due to smoking. Funding in Allen County for July 2019- June 2021. $903 per Indiana household State and federal tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures. TOBACCO FREE POLICIES Smoke free community workplace, restaurant and bar law: Colleges and Universities: City of Fort Wayne Indiana Tech • Ivy Tech • Manchester University • University of Saint Francis Hospitals and Health Care Facilities: School Districts: Parkview Health System • Lutheran Health Network • Bowen Center • Neighborhood Health Clinics, Inc. • Fort Wayne Community Schools • East Allen County Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic Schools • Northwest Allen County School Corp • MSD Southwest Allen County Public Housing: Fort Wayne Public Housing Authority
COMMUNITY-BASED TOBACCO CONTROL COALITION
• Allen County WIC • Fort Wayne Truth Initiative Truth Club • Park Center • ALPHA-1/COPD Support Group • Health Visions/Health Disparities • Parkview Health-Parkview Behavioral • AlphaNet, Inc. Coalition Health • Bowen Center • Healthier Moms and Babies • Parkview Health--Community Nursing • Boys & Girls Clubs • HouseCalls • Parkview Health-PPG Clinical Operations • Bring It, Push It, Own It • Hylant • Parkview Health-PPG, Gastroenterology • Cancer Services of NE Indiana • Indiana University Fort Wayne School of • Patient Insurance Asset Recovery • Care Source Nursing • Positive Resource Connection • Chi Eta Phi (Zeta Eta) Sorority • Indiana Wesleyan • Purdue Extension Service • Complete Wellness Solutions • Lincare • Purdue University Fort Wayne-Health & • Drug & Alcohol Consortium of Allen • Lutheran Health Network Business Human Services County Health Services • Purdue University Fort Wayne Dental • Fort Wayne Community Schools • Lutheran Health Network--Cancer Hygiene Program • Fort Wayne Housing Authority Resource Center • QSource • Fort Wayne Medical Education Program • Managed Health Services (MHS) • Veterans Administration, Northern • Fort Wayne Pride • Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic Indiana • Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of • McMillen Health • Welcoming Fort Wayne Health • Meridian Health Services • Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana
COMMUNITY INDICATORS
Protect and maintain local tobacco control coalition Decrease youth smoking rates by: infrastructure needed to combat tobacco use, as well as • Encouraging community support for tobacco point-of- working with community organizations to reduce tobacco use sale strategies at the local level among those groups most impacted by tobacco Decrease adult smoking rates by: Protect Hoosiers from exposures to secondhand smoke by: • Promoting Indiana Tobacco Quitline (1-800- QUIT NOW) • Implementing tobacco-free campus policies for hospitals, throughout the community health care centers, mental health centers and clinics, and • Working with health care providers to ensure they ask, addiction treatment centers advise, and refer their patients to tobacco treatment • Supporting local and/or statewide smoke-free air • Supporting employers to create healthier employees ordinances for worksites, including restaurants, bars, and through employer supported tobacco treatment gaming facilities resources to their workforce • Working toward smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing • Working towards tobacco-free policies in school districts
The state of tobacco control Allen County Updated January 2020