If the federal government shutdown continues, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Washington will end on Oct. 31, 2025. DSHS has more information about the impacts as well as what clients can do to prepare for the loss of benefits.
Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, July 2015.
Howard G. Wagenknecht LE, Burke GL, et al. Cigarette Smoking and the Progression of Atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. JAMA 1998; 279: 119-124.
U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census of Population, Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File. Updated every 10 years
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General—Executive Summary. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.
Bar and Restaurant Survey, supplement of the Washington State Healthy Worksite Survey, Washington State Department of Health; 2006.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Washington State Department of Health; 2005 and 2006
Ong, M.K.; Glantz, S. A., "Cardiovascular health and economic effects of smoke free workplaces," American Journal of Medicine117(1): 32-38, July 1, 2004
Washington State Tobacco Quit Line Data, Washington State Department of Health; January 2006.
Smoke-free housing
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Washington State, 2010
Washington State Owner and Property Manager Survey, Washington State Department of Health, 2015
Washington State Owner and Property Manager Survey, Washington State Department of Health, 2012
National Center for Environmental Health. Healthy Homes Manual: Smoke-Free Policies in Multiunit Housing (PDF). Accessed May 2012.
