Tobacco

• Flavored tobacco use in Oregon
  

  Tobacco companies market their addictive products to Oregon kids and teens by making them look, smell and taste like candy. These companies are so adept at this targeted trickery, many adults don’t even notice it. Let’s take a closer look at the ways that our communities help, or harm, our health.

• Tobacco cessation | Trying to quit counts
  

  For many people, trying to quit and failing is a necessary step on the path to ending a deadly addiction. There are resources to help people fight nicotine addiction and tobacco industry forces in their communities. We all can help Oregonians quit tobacco for good.

Nutrition

• Sugary drinks in Oregon | Sweet, cheap and easy to get
  

  Sugary drinks are a staple of the American diet, contributing to chronic diseases that have a crushing impact on our health care system and our lives. Each year, Oregon spends over $1 billion in medical expenses for obesity-related chronic conditions. What can we do as Oregonians to counter the threat that sugary drinks pose to our health?

• Reducing sodium in our communities
  

  Nearly 9 in ten Americans eat more than the recommended daily amount of sodium. But it’s not because we lack the willpower to put down the salt shaker. Our large, society-wide systems that process, package and serve much of the food we eat have far more control over the amount of salt we consume, individually and collectively, than we do.

Physical Activity

• Exercise, physical activity and walkability in Oregon
  

  When our communities are walkable, the benefits accrue to more than just the individual walker. Creating walkable places is among the most promising strategies for addressing chronic diseases that take a physical and financial toll on our state. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to make your community more walkable, no matter where you live.

• Healthy aging matters
  

  When older adults encounter barriers to engaging in our communities, we all miss out. It takes tremendous physical, mental, emotional and financial resources to overcome the barriers to healthy aging present in our society. We can remove the obstacles to healthy aging that people in Oregon face—if we commit as a community to addressing them.

General

• Our strategic plan to reduce, prevent chronic disease
  

  Reducing chronic disease in a state of 4.2 million people is really hard work. Getting it done takes many people and partners throughout Oregon chipping away at the challenges, every day. Our strategic plan is rooted in the reality that for each person, our place matters to our health.