Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program
The Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP) works to improve public health in the Commonwealth by reducing death and disability from tobacco use.
- Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and illness in Massachusetts and in the nation.
- More than 9,000 Massachusetts residents die each year from tobacco-related causes.
- Tobacco-related illnesses cost the Massachusetts health care system more than $2.7 billion each year.
- Smokers' lost productivity accounts for an additional $1.5 billion lost each year to the Massachusetts economy.
- Though they are not smokers themselves, an estimated 1,000 or more Massachusetts adults and children die each year from secondhand smoke.
- Tobacco kills more people each year than car accidents, AIDS, homicides, suicides and poisionings combined.
Topics
- Help to Quit Smoking
- Secondhand Smoke
- Youth and Smoking
- For Businesses
- Disparities
- Reports, Fact Sheets, Maps
Contact Information
Tobacco Control Program
250 Washington Street
4th Floor
Boston, MA 02108-4619
617-624-5900
This information is provided by the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program within the Department of Public Health.