Geographic Regions and Commercial Tobacco: Health Disparities and Ways to Advance Health Equity

At a glance

  • Everyone deserves a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This is called health equity.
  • Achieving health equity means addressing systemwide problems, unfair practices, and unjust conditions that have a negative impact on the health of specific groups.
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Overview

In order to achieve health equity, we work to eliminate health disparities, or differences in health outcomes that are closely linked with social, economic, and environmental factors. To improve health equity for everyone, no matter where they live, we must consider the role of commercial tobacco.A

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People In Some Geographic Regions Experience a Health Burden From Commercial Tobacco

Commercial tobacco gets in the way of achieving health equity.
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Unfair and Unjust Practices and Conditions Harm People In Some Geographic Regions and Drive Health Disparities

Unfair and unjust practices related to commercial tobacco harm people and drive health disparities.
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People In All Geographic Areas Need More Protection From Secondhand Smoke

Not everyone is equally protected by smokefree air policies which protect us from secondhand smoke.
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People In Some Geographic Areas Encounter Barriers to Quitting Successfully

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Content Source:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Office on Smoking and Health
  1. "Commercial tobacco" means harmful products that are made and sold by tobacco companies. It does not include "traditional tobacco" used by Indigenous groups for religious or ceremonial purposes.