Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leader in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the United States and around the world.
The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids estimates that more Montanans die each year from smoking than from car accidents, alcohol, drugs, AIDS, suicide, and murders.

At current smoking levels, 18,000 Montana youth who are alive today will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases.

And without the last 10 years of tobacco use prevention in Montana, we would have at least 22,000 more adults who smoke and more than 23,000 of our kids would have grown up to be smokers.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has documented that comprehensive, evidence-based tobacco use prevention programs like the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP) help reduce tobacco use.

MTUPP’s community-based programs reach over 95% of Montanans and provide the foundation for reducing and preventing tobacco addiction in Montana.

Gallatin County's community-based program (Gallatin County Tobacco Use Preventon Program) provides extensive support for and implementation of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act, the free Montana Tobacco Quit Line, reACT/SpeakOUT (our teen-led youth empowerment movement to educate teens about the industry’s tactics to addict youth), and extensive local media outreach.