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Objectives

  • Decrease the percent of New Hampshire high school youth who report first using cigarettes before the age of 13 to 8.5%.
  • Decrease the percent of New Hampshire adults who report currently smoking cigarettes to 14.0%, using smokeless tobacco to 1.5%, and smoking cigars to 4.0%.
  • Increase the percent of adults in New Hampshire who report they are free from exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace to 100.0%, in the home to 85.0%, and in the car to 85.0%.
  • Increase the percent of high school youth in New Hampshire who report they are free from exposure to secondhand smoke indoors to 75.0% and in a car to 100.0%.
  • Reduce the average annual increase in prevalence of overweight and obese adults to 0.0%.
  • Reduce the average biennial increase in the percent of overweight and obese youth from 1.2% to 0.0%.
  • Increase the percent of adults who report regularly engaging in moderate or vigorous physical activity to 57.0% and 33.0%, respectively.
  • Increase the percent of youth who report being physically active at least 60 minutes per day on five or more of the past seven days to 49.0%.
  • Reduce the percent of youth who report watching three or more hours of television per day to 23.0%.
  • Increase the percent of adults who report eating fruits and vegetables five or more times per day to 30.0%.
  • Increase the percent of youth who report eating fruits and vegetables five or more times per day to 24.0%.
  • Reduce the percent of youth who report drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage one or more times a day to 22.0%.
  • Increase the percent of infants who are reportedly exclusively breastfed at three months and at six months to 40.0% and 17.0%, respectively.
  • Reduce the percent of adults who report having had a sunburn in the past year to 38.0%.
  • Promote the strengthening of state regulations concerning youth and indoor tanning facilities.
  • Promote state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures for melanoma to New Hampshire healthcare providers.


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