Tobacco Control Fact Sheets

Updated facts on cessation assistance, quitting and social norm change, and health benefits of cessation.

Features youth prevalence by grade level, school type, race/ethnicity and gender.

Significant progress has been made in California to reduce secondhand smoke exposure.

During the mid-to-late 1990s, smoking prevalence of 18–24 year olds increased dramatically. The 2005 data indicate a decrease in 18–24 year old smoking rates for the second year in a row.

Since the passage of Proposition 99 in 1988, the adult smoking prevalence in California has declined significantly from 22.8% in 1988 to 14.0% in 2005.

Cigarette smoking has been identified as a significant and modifiable risk factor for both low birth weight and pre-term delivery. Maternal smoking during pregnancy has also been implicated in sudden infant death syndrome.

Since 1988, per capita cigarette consumption in California declined by 59.0%. During the same period, per capita cigarette consumption in the rest of the nation declined by 35.0%.