Tobacco Data & Trends
1 in __________ teens in the county have ever vaped.
What is 3?
It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give, or in any way furnish to an underage individual any tobacco product or paraphernalia. (Note: this Penal Code was amended to remove penalizing underage purchase, use, or possession of tobacco products)
What is CA Penal Code 308?
This is who you can contact if there are questions about secondhand smoke or tobacco sales concerns.
What is the Tobacco-Free Communities general email (tobaccoprevention@phd.sccgov.org)?
__% of adults in the county are current smokers – the lowest it has ever been.
What is 7?
This chemical found in cigarettes is also a preservative for corpses.
What is formalhehyde?
Is the activity used to enforce state and local tobacco laws that prevent illegal sales of tobacco products to underage individuals.
What is a decoy operation?
This is where you can locate the list of local, state, and federal tobacco cessation services.
What is the Tobacco-Free Communities page on the SCCPHD website?
"Electronic Nicotine Delivery System" (ENDS) commonly refers to what type of product?
What is e-cigarette, vape, etc.?
Every day, about ______ U.S. youth younger than 18 years smoke their first cigarette.
What is 1,600 U.S. youth?
This chemical found in cigarettes can make you addicted to cigarettes in as little as a few weeks.
What is nicotine?
This is a requirement that all businesses that sell tobacco products pay a fee to obtain a license from the government in exchange for selling the products to consumers.
What is Tobacco Retail Licensing?
The Tobacco-Free Communities Program is hosting this countywide youth event on 6/15/23.
What is Youth Summit 2023!
_____% of the total litter collected in California is cigarette filters.
What is 23%?
This chemical found in tobacco is also found in nail polish remover.
What is acetone?
400: A policy that prohibits smoking inside the common areas and all interior units of apartments, condos, and townhomes is known as:
What is Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing?
1-800-890-1668 is the phone number for this free telephone program that helps Californians kick smoking, vaping, and smokeless tobacco.
What is KickitCA?
In 2009, under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the FDA banned all flavored cigarettes except for this one flavored product.
What is menthol?
More than ____in 10 teens in the county reported current use of a flavored tobacco product.
What is 9?
Of the 4000 chemicals found in cigarettes smoke, this number of them cause cancer.
What is 43?
The cities of Cupertino, Palo Alto, and Los Gatos partner with SCC to administer and manage their Tobacco Retail License Program. This partnership requires cities to adopt a mirroring and comprehensive ordinance as the County’s, and is offered to all jurisdictions.
What is the City County Partnership?
This refers to the intersections between tobacco, cannabis, and vaping.
What is the Triangulum?
SB793 (Prop 31) Prohibits the sale of these products in California.
What are flavored tobacco products?