• Tobacco accounts for one-fifth of Alaska Deaths.
  • 21% of Alaska adults are smokers and 5% use smokeless tobacco.
  • 3 out of 4 smokers want to quit but struggle to break the addiction.
  • It takes the average person 11 quit attempts before they are successful.
  • 1 in 5 Alaska adult tobacco users are smokeless tobacco users.
  • 75% of Alaska's adults want to quit
  • For every 8 smokers that die from smoking, 1 non-smoker does from exposure to secondhand smoke.
  • Approximately one-fifth of all deaths in Alaska are caused by tobacco use.
  • Tobacco use causes more deaths
  • After 24 hours, breath, hair and body stop smelling like smoke.
  • After 15 years, the risk of coronary heart disease drops to the level of a nonsmoker.
  • After 5 years smokefree, the risk of stroke is reduced to that of a nonsmoker.
  • After 1 month smokefree, coughing, congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease.
  • After 1 year smokefree, the risk of coronary heart disease is cut in half.
  • The younger someone starts smoking, the harder it is to quit.
  • After 72 hours smokefree, the body is virtually free of nicotine.
  • Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in Alaska
  • Tobacco contains more than 7000 chemicals and compounds