Tobacco Control Program

The National Institutes for Health defines health disparities as: “Differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States.”

Disparities in tobacco control are gaps in tobacco-caused health problems or tobacco-related health risks that exist between specific populations. These disparities are often stated as rates in epidemiological terms such as prevalence, mortality, morbidity, exposure to second-hand smoke, etc. They can also be stated in more commonly understood terms such as: access to prevention or cessation service programs, or target populations for tobacco industry marketing. Accessed on January 18, 2007 -   http://ttac.tobaccocontrolpartners.org/learning/comp06/06A_INF001.asp