Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of premature death and disease in New Mexico. Although New Mexico’s comprehensive tobacco prevention and cessation efforts have resulted in a marked reduction in tobacco consumption over the past ten years, specific population groups still bear a disproportionate burden of tobacco-related death and disease. Progress has been made, but not everyone has benefited equally.
Many factors contribute to the burden placed on particular communities by commercial tobacco. These include social oppression resulting in tobacco use as a stress reduction strategy, targeted marketing by tobacco companies, lack of inclusion in the tobacco prevention movement, and community norms that favor tobacco use.
New Mexico Priority Population Networks
African American Health Network
- Joby Wallace, joby.wallace@state.nm.us
Southwest Tribal Tobacco Coalition
- Natalie Thomas, nthomas@lagunatribe.org
- Monica Patten, monica.patten@state.nm.us
Fierce Pride (LBTQI Advisory Group)
- www.lgbtquitsmoking.com/
- Rebecca Dakota, rebdakota@aol.com
Disability Advisory Group About Tobacco (DAGAT)
- Lisa McNiven, lisa.mcniven@state.nm.us
Coalición Comunitaria (Spanish-Speaking Recent Immigrants)
- Adrian Pedroza, pedroza.partnership@gmail.com
CDC-Funded National Networks Addressing Tobacco Disparities
Asian American and Pacific Islander
Hispanic/Latino(a)
African American
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
People Living in Poverty
American Indian and Alaska Native