HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Fact Sheet - 2016Tobacco Community Fact Sheet
Mansfield, Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program
Updated 04/01/16
The mission of the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program (MTCP) is to reduce the
health and economic burden of tobacco use by preventing young people from starting to smoke, helping
current smokers to quit, and protecting children and adults from secondhand smoke. The following
provides data and information on the impact tobacco use has on your city or town, and the strategies
being used in your community to combat these issues.
Cigarette Smoking 10
An estimated 3,016 smokers live in Mansfield (13% of adults, 30
age 18+).
The adult smoking rate is 19% lower in Mansfield than 20
statewide (13% in Mansfield compared to 16% statewide).
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The rate of smoking during pregnancy in Mansfield is 46%
lower than statewide (3.7% in Mansfield compared to 6.8 % 0
statewide).
Health Effects of Smoking
of Adult Smokers
Mansfield MA
Evidence has linked smoking to diseases of nearly all organs of the body. The Surgeon General's report
concludes that smoking causes: lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or lung disease,
coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis and immune system weakness,
increased risk for tuberculosis disease and death, ectopic (tubal) pregnancy and impaired fertility, erectile
dysfunction, and age -related macular degeneration. Smoking can also trigger or make an asthma attack
worse (2014 U.S. Surgeon General's Report).
In Mansfield, lung cancer incidence is 9% lower among males compared to the state of Massachusetts.
Lung cancer incidence in Mansfield is 91% higher among females compared to the state of Massachusetts.
Mortality from lung cancer is 32% higher in Mansfield compared to Massachusetts.
Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer, and women are 13 times more likely,
compared to never smokers (2004 U.S. Surgeon General's Report).
QuitWorks and the Massachusetts Smokers' Helpline
From January 2009 to December 2015,133 smokers enrolled in QuitWorks, a program for clinicians to
refer their patients to the Massachusetts Smokers' Helpline. In addition, 65 people from Mansfield called
and completed an intake with the Massachusetts Smokers' Helpline to quit smoking. For more
information on how to quit smoking, contact 1-800-QuitNow or talk with your health care provider
about the QuitWorks program.
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Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors
The rate of illegal sales to minors (those under age 18) is 7% higher in Mansfield (10.8%) compared to the
state of Massachusetts (10.07%) based on data from fiscal years 2015.
Number of tobacco retail stores Tobacco retail stores
In Mansfield, there are 24 tobacco retailers.The number of retailers in 3 per 1,000 adults
a community impacts the exposure youth have to tobacco industry
tactics. An increased exposure can lead to an increase in use of 2
tobacco products. 1.46 1.48
Considering the population in Mansfield, this is a medium number of
retailers when compared to the average of other Massachusetts 1
municipalities. For every 1,000 adults living in Mansfield, there are
1.46 tobacco retailers; the Massachusetts average is 1.5, ° Mansfield MA
Regulations in Mansfield addressing tobacco industry tactics
Many municipalities in Massachusetts have exercised their authority to pass local health regulations.
The following are policies that have been adopted throughout the Commonwealth to protect youth
from exposure to tobacco industry tactics and whether they have been enacted in this community.
Regulation prohibiting the sale of cheap single cigars:
N
Regulation restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products to adult -only tobacco retail stores:
N
Regulation prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors:
Y
Regulation capping the number of retailers with a license to sell tobacco:
N
Regulation prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under age 21:
Y
The Tobacco -Free Community Partnership
The Tobacco -free Community Partnership programs educate local groups on tobacco issues and work
with the Board of Health tobacco control programs to support local tobacco prevention strategies:
Community Partnership Contact: Kathy Wilbur, kawilbur@sevenhills.org , (508) 995-3026, ext. 3955
Board of Health
The Board of Health tobacco control programs educate decision makers and enforce all municipal
tobacco regulations in 184 municipalities covering 65% of the Massachusetts population.
Board of Health contact: Marilyn Edge, Medge@fallriverma.org, (508) 324-2423
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Data Sources
Smoking figures are small area estimates based on data from 2013-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Smoking during pregnancy figures based on 2008-2012 Births (Vital Records), Massachusetts Department
of Public Health.
Health effects of smoking facts based on the 2014 U.S. Surgeon General's Report.
U.S. Departrent of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of
Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U,S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014. Printed with corrections, January 2014.
Rates of lung cancer incidence are based on age -adjusted rates from 2006 to 2010 Cancer Registry
maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Figures on lung cancer mortality are based on comparability modified age -adjusted rates for 2008 to 2012
(Vital Records), Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Smoking and lung cancer health effects facts based on the 2004 U.S. Surgeon General's Report.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the
Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office
on Smoking and Health, 2004.
The number of completed screeners from the QuitWorks program and calls to the Massachusetts Smokers'
Helpline is based on data collected by the Massachusetts Tobaccco Cessation and Prevention Program
from calendar years 2009 to 2015.
Illegal sales to minors is based on 37 compliance checks performed during fiscal year 2015.
Tobacco retail density counts are based on data received by the MA Department of Public Health as of
02/02/2016.
Density is categorized based on the number of stores per 1,000 adults.
- Low: 1.0 or fewer stores per 1000 adults
- Medium: 1.01 to 1.48 stores per 1000 adults
- High: 1.49 to 2.0 stores per 1000 adults
- Very high: Greater than 2.0 stores per 1000 adults
Local tobacco regulation is based on information received by the MA Department of Public Health as of
03/01/2016.
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