New health study paints chubby, hacking portrait of county
Jump to full article: Scappoose (OR) Spotlight, 2008-06-24
Author: Cecelia Haack
Intro: Tobacco smoke hangs heavy in local bars. Both St. Helens and Scappoose have busy tobacco stores.
Tobacco use is still in fashion in Colombia County, according to a study by the Oregon Department of Human Services.
Twenty-six percent of adults use tobacco, the study says. That’s five percentage points higher than the rest of the state. Twice as many pregnant women use tobacco. Ten percent of 8th-graders admit to using tobacco and 21 percent of 11th-graders say they’ve used tobacco in last 30 days.
The Centers for Disease Control estimate tobacco use cost $30 million in Columbia County. . . .
The sad news is tobacco, poor diets and physical inactivity are impairing and killing Oregonians.
Twenty-two percent of all Oregon deaths are linked to tobacco.
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