From: kbrown@healthedcouncil.org
Date: Fri, 07/30/04
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In this edition:
1) Smoking among Female Arrestees: <> Prevalence of Daily
Smoking and Smoking Cessation Efforts
2) Helping Pregnant Moms Stop Smoking <>
3) Smoking Bans Spread to 105 <> Federal Prisons
4) New RWJF Call for Proposals <>
5) Upcoming Events <>
1) Smoking among Female Arrestees: Prevalence of Daily Smoking and
Smoking Cessation Efforts
Durrah TL, Rosenberg TJ.
Addict Behav. 2004 Jul;29(5):1015-9.
Prior research on smoking in the criminal justice system has focused on
men. This study examines smoking behavior among female arrestees in New
York City (NYC). The sample includes 836 women interviewed as part of
the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Program. Questionnaire items analyzed
here include the use of licit and illicit substances, current pregnancy,
childbearing history, demographics, age at smoking initiation, daily
smoking, dependency on tobacco, and quit attempts. Bivariate techniques
and logistic regression analyses were used. Fully 71% of all women and
64% of pregnant women were daily smokers. Recent cocaine or heroin users
were the most likely to be daily smokers (84% and 92%). Among daily
smokers, nearly a third had ever tried to cut down or quit. In the
regressions, Latinas were more likely to have tried to quit; recent
heroin users and women who had ever felt dependent on tobacco were the
least likely to have tried. The authors strongly recommend that female
inmates are prime candidates for smoking cessation counseling.
2) Helping Pregnant Moms Stop Smoking
By Anita Srikameswaran, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In an effort to help Pittsburgh lose the dubious distinction of having
the highest smoking rate among pregnant women in the country, a
partnership of public and private agencies has launched a campaign to
help moms-to-be put out their cigarettes.
Among other strategies, Tobacco Free Allegheny, a nonprofit group
created two years ago by the Allegheny County Board of Health, and some
30 community groups, hospitals, health plans and other agencies will try
an incentive program that rewards pregnant smokers who quit with up to
$75 in gift cards from Target.
To read the full article please visit
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04205/350428.stm
3) Smoking Bans Spread to 105 Federal Prisons
Gregg Zoroya
USA Today Jul. 25, 2004
The last sanctuary for smokers in government buildings has always been
the worst place to be: prison. But those institutions are fast becoming
smoke-free, to the anguish of nicotine-addicted prisoners and guards.
This month the Federal Bureau of Prisons became the latest to join the
no-smoking craze by instituting a near-total ban on lighted tobacco in
105 prisons holding 180,000 inmates.
At least 38 of 50 state correctional departments report that they are
either smoke-free or have partial smoking bans, according to a 2002
survey conducted by the American Correctional Association, a
professional trade organization. And more states keep joining the list.
To read the full article please visit
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0725smokes25.html
4) New RWJF Call for Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the nation's largest private
foundation devoted to improving health and health care, has an upcoming
grant opportunity in support of community and state tobacco policy
advocacy. The call for proposals has just been released at
<http://www.rwjf.org/tobaccopolicychange>
www.rwjf.org/tobaccopolicychange
<file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Kerry%20Brattrud\My%20Documents\N
NTPP\listserv\www.rwjf.org\tobaccopolicychange> . There will be no
printed version of the CFP. Electronic applications will be accepted
through 3:00 p.m. E.D.T. on September 1, 2004 at
www.rwjf.org/tobaccopolicychange
<file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Kerry%20Brattrud\My%20Documents\N
NTPP\listserv\www.rwjf.org\tobaccopolicychange> .
Approximately $12 million will be available to support professional
staff and other infrastructure, public education, advocacy, outreach,
and technical assistance for tobacco policy change initiatives at either
the regional, state or community level. The program seeks to support
diverse partnerships in communities and states, with a particular
emphasis on the populations most affected by tobacco use and secondhand
smoke exposure. Applicant organizations are required to have
significant experience in policy advocacy; however, prior experience in
tobacco prevention and cessation is not required to be eligible for RWJF
funding.
It is anticipated that there will be 3 competitive grant application
cycles -- 1 per year for 3 years -- under this program. Applicants that
request more than $50,000 will need to demonstrate other funding sources
for each dollar requested above $50,000. Grants will be 12 months in
duration.
5) Upcoming Events
Centerforce 5th Annual Inside/Out Summit
"Models for Change - Delivering Services to Those Affected by
Incarceration"
San Francisco Airport Marriott, Burlingame, CA
September 11-15, 2004
Pre-summit course for Clinicians: September 11-12, 2004
LCAT (National <http://www.nlcatp.org/> Latino Council on Alcohol and
Tobacco Prevention 3rd Annual National Conference
"Tobacco Prevention: Reducing the Impact of Chronic Diseases"
Sheraton Old Town, Albuquerque, NM
September 23 & 24, 2004
Ending Health Disparities Conference
Winston-Salem, NC
September 27-29, 2004
-Speaker proposals are due June 11, 2004
For more information please contact Ruth Cole Burcaw at (336) 945-9288
or hdconference@quantumevents.com
132 <http://www.apha.org/> nd American Public Health Association
Conference
November 6-10, 2004 - Washington, DC
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