10-Year Plan
Tobacco Stops With Me has set a bold agenda to lower the adult smoking rate in Oklahoma below 10% over the next 10 years through common sense, proven tobacco control policies. By lowering our smoking rate, Oklahoma can not only save millions of dollars in our state, but more importantly, save thousands of lives.
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Forty partner organizations from across the state are joining the fight for stronger tobacco control policies. These partners for a tobacco-free Oklahoma include:
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- American Lung Association
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Oklahoma Chapter
- Avedis Foundation
- BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma
- Boys and Girls Clubs – Oklahoma Alliance
- Breathe the Music: Musicians for Smoke-Free Oklahoma
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- Centennial Health
- Guiding Right
- Fit Kids of Southwest Oklahoma
- Honorable David Holt, Mayor of Oklahoma City
- Honorable Lynne Miller, Mayor of Norman
- Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa
- Integris
- Latino Community Development Association
- Oklahoma 4-H Foundation
- Oklahoma State 4-H
- Oklahoma Association of Youth Services
- Oklahoma City-County Health Department
- Oklahoma Dental Association
- Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Oklahoma Health Care Authority
- Oklahoma Hospital Association
- Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
- Oklahoma Nurses Association
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Oklahoma State Medical Association
- Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center at Stephenson Cancer Center
- Oklahoma Turning Point
- Oklahoma Youth Expo
- Pathways to Health
- Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
- Stephenson Cancer Center
- Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
- Tulsa Health Department
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City
The initiative focuses on creating common sense solutions and modernizing policies to improve the health of all Oklahomans. Policy recommendations include:
- 100% clean indoor air
- Prohibit smoking in cars with children present
- Ban on all menthols and flavored tobacco
- Strengthen enforcement against underage tobacco sales
- Raise the minimum legal age to buy tobacco products to 21
- Cigarette price increases over the next decade
- Remove smokers as a protected class of employees
These policies have been proven to reduce tobacco use and increase the overall health of people in states that have implemented them. Oklahoma deserves a healthier future and the creation of these policies will provide that.
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If you’re interested in becoming a partner in support of a tobacco-free Oklahoma, contact Julie Bisbee at julieb@tset.ok.gov or 405-521-4992.