Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program

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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