Public Health Impact of Tobacco

Using the CDC’s Policy Analysis Tool Answer the questions in the Public Health Impact section on the policy you chose which is Tobacco as a threat to human Health Review the following websites to help you answer the public health impact questions:

CDC National Center for Health Statistics https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: What Works for Health https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health Assignment Health Policy Analysis – Public Health Impact Criteria Public Health Impact:

Potential for the policy to impact risk Factors, quality of life, disparities, morbidity and mortality How does the policy address the problem or issue (e.g., Increase access, protect potential for the from exposure)?

What are the magnitude, reach, and distribution of benefit and burden (including factors, quality of impact on risk factor, quality of life, morbidity and mortality)?

What population(s) will benefit? How much? When? What population(s) will be negatively impacted? How much? When?

  Will the policy impact health disparities / health equity? How?  Are there gaps in the data/evidence-base?