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  • Menthol Commercial Tobacco Products
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  • Secondhand Smoke and Aerosol
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  • Behavioral Health and Commercial Tobacco
  • COVID-19 and Commercial Tobacco
  • E-cigarettes and Vaping
  • Flavored Commercial Tobacco Products
  • Menthol Commercial Tobacco Products
  • Nicotine and Nicotine Dependence
  • Secondhand Smoke and Aerosol
  • Traditional and Sacred Tobacco

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Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Control
651-201-3535
866-901-8316 (toll-free)
tobacco@state.mn.us

Contact Info

Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Control
651-201-3535
866-901-8316 (toll-free)
tobacco@state.mn.us

Commercial Tobacco Use

Commercial tobacco use like smoking, using chew, or vaping, kills over 6,530 Minnesotans every year and costs Minnesota $4.7 billion annually in medical costs. Commercial tobacco use is the single greatest preventable cause of death and disease in Minnesota. And while the state’s overall smoking rates are below national averages, some Minnesota communities suffer more than others from commercial tobacco-related death and disease.

Learn more: Reducing the cost of smoking in Minnesota

Commercial tobacco products are tobacco products manufactured and sold by the tobacco industry, like cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, and chew. Commercial tobacco is different from traditional or sacred tobacco, also known as Cansasa, Asemaa, or Kinnikinnick, and which are used by American Indian communities for sacred purposes.

Free help to quit

Most people who use commercial tobacco want to quit, but quitting can be hard. Commercial tobacco products contain nicotine, which is highly addictive. But there’s good news - free help is available to all Minnesotans, and people who use phone coaching and quit medications are twice as likely to quit for good.

Learn more: Get Help Quitting

Quit Partner: Free help to quit your way 1-800-QUIT-NOW Get help to quitting with free support like coaching, text and email support, and medications like nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges.

Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) or visit quitpartnermn.com.

Prevention and treatment

We're working to reduce commercial tobacco's harm by:

  • Reducing youth access to commercial tobacco.
  • Reducing secondhand smoke exposure.
  • Increasing access to cessation resources.
  • Addressing commercial tobacco-related disparities.

The Minnesota Comprehensive Tobacco Control Framework, 2022-2026 lays out an ambitious path to address commercial tobacco use. It serves as a guide for partners in Minnesota’s commercial tobacco prevention and control efforts and provides a roadmap for commercial tobacco prevention work in the future. 

Learn more: Minnesota Comprehensive Tobacco Control Framework, 2022-2026 (PDF)

  • Get help quitting

  • Quit PartnerTM
    Free support including coaching, text and email support, and medications
  • My Life, My QuitTM 
    Free support for teens including coaching, texting, and online chat
  • American Indian Quitline
    American Indian coaches, email and text support, and medications
  • More free help
  • Prevention and treatment

  • 2025 Minnesota Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Control Conference
  • Evidence-based Strategies and Interventions
  • Community Grant Programs
  • Youth E-cigarette Prevention and Cessation Initiative
  • Commercial Tobacco Use Treatment
  • More prevention and treatment initiatives
  • Data and reports

  • Report: Tobacco Use Prevention: 2025 Report to the Minnesota Legislature (PDF)
  • Brief: The Hidden Harms of Menthol: Ending the Legal Sales of Menthol Commercial Tobacco Products would Advance Health Equity in Minnesota (PDF)
  • Data: Highlights from the 2023 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey (PDF)
  • Brief: SHIP supports local Tobacco 21 policies, helping to reduce youth commercial tobacco use (PDF)
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  • Behavioral Health and Commercial Tobacco
  • Covid 19 and Commercial Tobacco
  • E-cigarettes and Vaping
  • Flavored Commercial Tobacco Products
  • Menthol Commercial Tobacco Products
  • Nicotine and Nicotine Dependence
  • Secondhand Smoke and Aerosol
  • Traditional and Sacred Tobacco
 
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Last Updated: 03/05/2025

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