From: kbrown@healthedcouncil.org
Date: Fri, 07/01/05
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Friday July 1, 2005
In this edition:
1) Unaided Smoking Cessation among <> Smokers in Treatment
for Alcohol Dependence
2) Medicaid Patients <> Would Pay Less if Don't Smoke
3) Tobacco Cessation <> for Correctional Populations, A Health
Education Manual - Now Available
4) Family History Linked to Lung <> Cancer Risk
5) Fort Smith Health Facilities Team <> Up to Provide
Tobacco Cessation Services to Low Income Families
6) Kicking <> "Ash" in the Bronx: Building Healthier LGBT
Communities
7) Summarizing the Science on PREPS <>
8) Smoking and Tobacco Control <> Monographs
9) NNTPP - Case Studies <> and Focus Group Summary Now
Available
10) Announcements <>
11) Upcoming Events <>
1) Unaided Smoking Cessation among Smokers in Treatment for Alcohol
Dependence
Karam-Hage M, Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Brower KJ.
Addict Behav. 2005 Jul;30(6):1247-53. Epub 2005 Jan 19.
To investigate the possible impact of treatment of alcohol dependence on
smoking, we studied 144 smokers in an alcohol treatment center for whom
6-month data were available. Of those, 18 reported not smoking at 6
months. No significant differences in age, gender, or race were observed
between quitters and continuing smokers. Quitters at 6 months were
significantly more likely to be low dependent smokers than were
continuing smokers and were significantly more likely to report no
drinking during the past 28 days at the end of 1 month's treatment (93%)
than continuing smokers (62%). These findings suggest that quitting
smoking may be associated with low levels of nicotine dependence and
favorable alcohol treatment response in alcoholic smokers.
2) Medicaid Patients Would Pay Less if Don't Smoke
The Associated Press
6/12/2005
THE CONCEPT: Under a budget plan in the state Senate, Medicaid patients
could sign a pledge to earn a lower health care premium. They would
agree to exercise regularly, not smoke and show up for scheduled medical
appointments.
BACKERS SAY: Government needs a way to hold down health care costs for
the poor, and smokers and others with unhealthy habits require more
care.
CRITICS SAY: It singles out low-income people who already can't afford
healthier foods and exercise equipment. They also question the ability
to monitor compliance.
3) Tobacco Cessation for Correctional Populations, A Health Education
Manual - Now Available
The National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty and the National
Commission on Correctional Health Care are proud to announce that the
Tobacco Cessation for Correctional Populations, A Health Education
Manual is now available.
This is one of the few tobacco education/cessation resources
specifically developed for use in correctional facilities. The Guide
was developed with the assistance of national organizations, tobacco
control experts, organizations serving incarcerated individuals and
ex-offenders, and the administrative and health staff of prisons, jails
and juvenile facilities nationwide.
The Guide contains two curriculum modules: Module One is designed to
educate individuals on the health effects of tobacco use; Module Two is
a guide for quitting. The curriculum also contains instructions for
facilitators, reproducible handouts and a resource section to obtain
additional information and materials.
The Guide is available for $125.00 which includes the manual, CD ROM,
colored overhead transparencies, and shipping. It can also be purchased
for $75.00 without the transparencies. For more information, please
call the Health Education Council/NNTPP at (888) 442-2836 or you may
email kbrown@healthedcouncil.org <mailto:nntpp@healthedcouncil.org> to
request an order form.
4) Family History Linked to Lung Cancer Risk
By: JAMA
6/21/05
Most lung cancers occur in cigarette smokers. But researchers wanted to
know why some smokers don't get lung cancer, and why some people who
don't smoke do get lung cancer.
They found that family history of lung cancer can make a big difference,
especially among black families. George Smith, 69, recently learned he
has lung cancer. And he's not the first in his family to get it. His
brother, Alvin, was diagnosed with cancer and has since died.
Siblings, parents and children are considered first-degree relatives. In
a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Wayne
State University researchers looked at lung cancer risk among people
with first-degree relatives who got early onset lung cancer, meaning
before age 50.
The researchers collected data on about 8,000 people over a span of 15
years. They tracked the risk of lung cancer in the relatives of people
with a family history of the disease, comparing that risk to people with
no family history. And they compared the risk between black families and
white families. "What we found was overall, there was approximately a
twofold increase in risk if you're related to somebody who has early
onset lung cancer," Wayne State University researcher Michele Cote said.
That risk was greater among smokers - not a big surprise. But
researchers were surprised that the risk was greater among black
families, compared to white.
"For whites it's about a 17 percent risk of developing lung cancer, for
African Americans it's about 25 percent, and those are pretty staggering
risks of developing lung cancer," Wayne State University researcher Dr.
John Ruckdeschel said. Those risks apply to long-term smokers who also
have a first-degree relative with early onset lung cancer.
"There's very likely a genetic component to risk, over and above the
risk of smoking," Cote said. This possibility may actually help people
at increased risk. "If we can identify people who are at greater risk of
lung cancer and encourage them to never start smoking or stop smoking,
or enroll them into screening programs, we'll be able to either prevent
lung cancer in these individuals or identify lung cancers earlier on,"
Cote said.
Smith's risk was great. He had the family link, plus he smoked heavily
for decades.
He and the researchers agree, quitting smoking, or not starting, are the
best ways to prevent lung cancer.
5) Fort Smith Health Facilities Team Up to Provide Tobacco Cessation
Services to Low Income Families
Source: American Legacy Foundation, 2005-06-15
<http://www.americanlegacy.org/americanlegacy/skins/alf/display.aspx?Cat
egoryID=907e9b8f-9978-476c-bcb2-a518dbd3c464&ObjectID=6bd65ba1-c77e-4175
-8d95-3de866065354&Action=display_user_object&Mode=user&ModuleID=ad3a024
a-b2d6-4593-874f-9b66136bc614>
The Prevention Resource Center of Harbor House, Inc. in Fort Smith,
Arkansas has partnered with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
School of Dental Hygiene and Arkansas Community Dental Clinics on a
program to provide tobacco use screening and cessation resources.
Through a grant from the American Legacy Foundation, the program is
offered to low-income families in Crawford, Franklin, Logan and
Sebastian counties.
The program, called Accessing Readiness through Resources to Effectively
Stop Tobacco (ARREST) has accepted nearly 600 referrals for cessation
services.
As part of ARREST, dental hygiene students and dental office personnel
are trained to assess patients' use of tobacco products and their
willingness to quit. After their assessment, patients are referred to
ARREST counselors to help them quit smoking.
6) Kicking "Ash" in the Bronx: Building Healthier LGBT Communities
Source: American Legacy Foundation, 2005-06-15
<http://www.americanlegacy.org/americanlegacy/skins/alf/display.aspx?Cat
egoryID=907e9b8f-9978-476c-bcb2-a518dbd3c464&ObjectID=044d7d6c-be8d-417e
-81e6-20211ff9c52f&Action=display_user_object&Mode=user&ModuleID=ad3a024
a-b2d6-4593-874f-9b66136bc614>
There's new help for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in
the Bronx who want to quit smoking, thanks to a series of bold new
initiatives geared specifically to the LGBT community.
The American Legacy FoundationR has funded a series of programs run by
the Bronx Lesbian & Gay Health Resource Consortium (Consortium) to
educate LGBT people about their health and encourage them to participate
in local smoking cessation and prevention programs. "Queer and Healthy
in the Bronx: Smoking Cessation for LGBT Persons and their Families"
involves several smoking cessation projects, including the innovative
Gurlz Kick Ash! and the Spot Next Door programs. Information on all of
these smoking cessation programs can be found at www.blghrc.org.
The Bronx -- one of the poorest areas in the nation -- is challenged
with some of the highest asthma rates in the country as well, and also
has high rates of LGBT smokers. For these reasons, it is critical that
Bronx residents, especially the LGBT population, are aware of available
smoking cessation programs that can help them quit and lead healthier
lifestyles.
7) Summarizing the Science on PREPS
A new report, Hope or Hazard: What Research Tells Us about Potentially
Reduced-Exposure Tobacco Products, reviews the science regarding
so-called "reduced risk" or "reduced exposure" tobacco products. Read
the report: www.tturc.umn.edu/documents/hope_or_hazard-3.pdf.
8) Smoking and Tobacco Control Monographs
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) established the Smoking and Tobacco
Control Monograph series in 1991 to provide ongoing and timely
information about emerging public health issues in smoking and tobacco
use control.
The series reduces the time between availability of information from
research projects and the publication and wide dissemination of this
information, and enhances the rapidity with which NCI can use findings
from research trials to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality.
NCI just published its 16th Monograph on tobacco: ASSIST: Shaping the
Future of Tobacco Prevention and Control. To view the monographs,
please visit:
http://dccps.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/index.html
9) 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
addiction treatment into The Salvation 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(888) 442-2836 or
emailing kbrown@healthedcouncil.org <mailto:nntpp@healthedcouncil.org>
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10) Announcements
2005 Grant <http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/CFBCI_M0374_GrantNotebook_FINAL.pdf>
Opportunities Notebook
The notebook is a guide to this year's federal funding opportunities for
faith-based and community organizations across the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. Included in the notebook is information on
approximately 40 grants in the following areas: Community Development,
At-Risk Children and Youth, Senior, Health, and Substance Abuse and
Mental Health programs. Also included is information on the Compassion
Capital Fund, how to be a grant reviewer, how to make a Freedom of
Information request, and web resources for organizations interested in
federal funding.
11) Upcoming Events
Clearing the Air Institute
September 12-15 - Fallen Leaf Lake (CA).
To request a Registration Application, e-mail
stephanie.shedd@no-smoke.org
4 <http://www.nlcatp.org/> th National Hispanic/Latino Conferenc on
Tobacco Prevention & Control
September 15-16, 2005 - Caribe Hilton Juan, Puerto Rico
Second Annual Spit Tobacco
<http://www.throughwithchew.com/twc/default.asp> Summit
October 24-26, 2005 - Casper, Wyoming
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=9dlnszaab.0.45ldd7n6.kir5vvn6.3322&p=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.apha.org%2Fmeetings> American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting
Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
November 5-9, 2005 - New Orleans, LA
2005 <http://www.smokefreewi.org/events/conference_05/index.html>
Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Conference
November 30 - December 1, 2005
Call for Abstracts due July 15, 2005
Access <http://www.accessseattle2006.org/> - Preventing Youth Access to
Tobacco
April 12-14, 2006 - Seattle, WA
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