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Friday November 5, 2004
In this edition:
1) November – Lung Cancer
Awareness Month
2) The Great American Smokeout
– November 18, 2004
3) Majority of Cigarettes
in the US Smoked by Nicotine-Dependent or Psychiatrically
ill Persons
4)
Nevada - Anti-Smoking Efforts
Working, State Says
5)
NNTPP – Case
Studies and Focus Group Summary Now Available
6) Upcoming
Events
1) November – Lung
Cancer Awareness Month
http://www.lcam.org/index.html
Lung Cancer Awareness
Month (LCAM) is a 30-day national campaign dedicated to increasing attention to
lung cancer issues. By organizing rallies, distributing educational material,
holding fund-raising events, contacting congress, and speaking to the media,
those involved in LCAM bring much-needed support and attention to a disease
that each year kills more people than breast, prostate, colon and pancreas
cancers combined.
2) The Great
American Smokeout – November 18, 2004
The Great American Smokeout has helped to
spotlight the dangers of tobacco use and the challenges of quitting, but more
importantly, it has set the stage for the Cultural Revolution in tobacco
control that has occurred over this period.
Because of the efforts of individuals and groups that have led
anti-tobacco efforts, there have been significant landmarks in the areas of
research, policy, and the environment:
- In
1977, Berkeley, California became the first community to
limit smoking in restaurants and other public places.
- In
1983, San Francisco passed the first strong
workplace smoking restrictions, including bans on smoking in private
workplaces.
- In
1990, the federal smoking ban on all interstate buses and domestic flights
of six hours or less took effect.
- In
1994, the state of Mississippi filed the first of 24 state
lawsuits seeking to recuperate millions of dollars from tobacco companies
for smokers' Medicaid Bills.
- In
1999, the Department of Justice filed suit against cigarette
manufacturers, charging the industry with defrauding the public by lying about
the risks of smoking.
- In
1999, the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was passed, requiring tobacco
companies to pay $206 billion to 45 states by the year 2025 to cover
Medicaid costs of treating smokers. The MSA agreement also closed the
Tobacco Institute and ended cartoon advertising and tobacco billboards.
For more
information about how to get involved in the Great American Smokeout call 1-800-ACS-2345.
3) Majority of Cigarettes in the US Smoked by
Nicotine-Dependent or Psychiatrically ill Persons
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/jaaj-moc102804.php
Psychiatrically
ill and nicotine-dependent individuals consume approximately 70 percent of all
cigarettes smoked in the United States, according to an article in the
November issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives
journals.
Smoking is
the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and the single most important avoidable
cause of disease and premature death worldwide, according to background
information in the article. Among psychiatric outpatients and inpatients,
studies have found elevated smoking rates, and a recent national survey
discovered higher smoking rates in persons with psychiatric disorders than
those without.
4) Nevada
- Anti-Smoking Efforts Working, State Says
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/10/28/83959.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news
Nevada's smokers are giving up the habit,
and efforts to restrict restaurant smoking and reduce secondhand smoke are
paying off, the state says.
Luana Ritch, public health education officer for the state
Health Division, said 25.2 percent of adult Nevadans were smokers last year,
down from 30.5 percent in 1999. That's a drop of about 17 percent. She added
that 19.6 percent of Nevada high school students were smokers,
a 41 percent drop from the 32.9 percent rate in 1995.
5) NNTPP – Case Studies
and Focus Group Summary Now Available
The National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty
announces the release of two case studies written in collaboration with two of
our national Stakeholder organizations. Tobacco
Policy, Cessation, and Education in Correctional Facilities Case Study highlights
NNTPP’s collaboration with the National Commission on Correctional Health
Care and a joint survey conducted among correctional facilities across the United States to examine tobacco use policies and
cessation programming. Integrating
Tobacco Control into The Salvation Army’s
Substance Abuse Training Curriculum Case Study focuses on NNTPP’s
collaboration with The Salvation Army.
It describes our efforts to integrate nicotine addition treatment into
The Salvations Army’s alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs.
In addition, NNTPP also released a summary report of our
focus group data collected in collaboration with West Virginia University-Prevention Research Center titled Smoking Habits and
Prevention Strategies in Low Socio-economic Status Populations. The
objectives of the focus groups were to review the social and cultural nuances
that support/encourage smoking in low SES populations, identify communication
channels most effective in reaching this population with tobacco
cessation/prevention messages, and to tailor prevention messages to reach low
SES adults.
Copies of the case studies and the focus group summary may
be obtained by calling the Health Education Council, toll-free at 1(800)
442-2836.
6) Upcoming Events
132nd
American Public Health Association Conference
November 6-10, 2004 - Washington, DC
National Conference on Correctional Health Care
November 13-17, 2004 – New
Orleans, LA
West Virginia Tobacco Prevention
Conference
“Community Coalitions:
Partnering for a Healthy West Virginia”
December 6-7, 2004 – Charleston, WV
Contact
Teresa Mace at 304-558-2939 for registration information.
19th National
Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Health Disparities: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
March
1-3, 2005 – Atlanta, GA
New England Regional Minority Health
Conference
April 10 & 11 and 12, 2005 - Portland, Maine
Information:
michellesurdoval@yahoo.com
National Conference on Tobacco or
Health
May
4-6, 2005 – Chicago, IL
- Every 2nd Saturday
