Our Mission

Laramie County Tobacco Prevention
is committed to providing a program
designed to focus on tobacco education,
to help prevent youth initiation,
and to promote the new, free or low-cost
cessation services offered
to Laramie County citizens.

Did you know that in Wyoming:

• 22.5% of high school students (6,700 kids) smoke
• 22.2% of male high school students use smokeless/spit tobacco
• 800 kids under 18 become new daily smokers each year
• 33,000 kids are exposed to secondhand smoke at home
• 700 Adults die each year from their own smoking
• 12,000 kids now under 18 and alive will ultimately die prematurely from smoking
• Somewhere between 40-130 adults die each year from exposure to second hand smoke
• Annual health care costs in Wyoming caused directly from smoking are $136 million
• And $37 million is covered through Medicaid
• The local resident's tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures is $581 each household.
• The tobacco industry spends a total of $27.4 million each year on advertising
• Children are twice as susceptible to tobacco advertisements as adults.

Want to get involved?

We would like to provide additional information and gain additional supporters. If you are interested in these issues or would like to be a volunteer or supporter, you can contact us by phone, mail, or email.

Questions or comments?
Get in touch with us at:

109 E. 17th Street, Suite 27
Cheyenne, WY 82001

307-432-4008

laramiecounty@yahoo.com