#Tobacco Prevention

More than 200 stakeholders, advocates and visionaries across the state gathered virtually today to launch the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030, a roadmap for improving the health of Hawai‘i residents by preventing and reducing chronic disease.

Tobacco use claims 1,400 Hawaiʻi lives and costs the state $526 million in health care bills annually.

Tobacco use remains the top preventable cause of death in Hawaii, as well as the rest of the country. Each year, smoking results in the death of more than 1,000 Hawaiian residents and costs the state as much as $656 million in health care costs and lost productivity. It also accounts for up to $117 […]