How SAMHSA Embraced Smoking Cessation

We’re excited to announce the publication of “From the Sidelines to the Frontline: How the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Embraced Smoking Cessation” in the current issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Written by Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh, UCSF medical resident; Doug Tipperman, SAMHSA Public Health Advisor; Dr. Steve Schroeder, SCLC director; and several SCLC staff members, the article describes the unique academic-public partnership between SCLC and SAMHSA, and the implementation and results of the Leadership Academies.

Read the full article online .

Additional resources

·         Leadership Academies for Wellness and Smoking Cessation webpage

·         SCLC webinar, “8 and Counting: SAMHSA State Academies for Smoking Cessation Foster Change,” featuring representatives from each Leadership Academy state

·         http://nctobaccosummit.net – North Carolina’s Leadership Academy website

·         http://msleadership.org  – Mississippi’s Leadership Academy website

·         Article on the Performance Partnership Model used in the Leadership Academies

·         SAMHSA website

Gil Lorenzo
Marketing and Outreach Manager

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

(415) 502-2148

glorenzo@medicine.ucsf.edu

Findings of Nat. Adult Tobacco Survey

Current tobacco use among adults in the United States: Findings from the National Adult Tobacco Survey
Reposted at http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com

Data from a national tobacco survey indicate that tobacco use is still prevalent among adults in the United States. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessed the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of tobacco use among adults ages 18 and older in the U.S by analyzing data from the 2009-2010 National Adult Tobacco Survey. Nationally, 25.2% of the participants used any form of tobacco.

With regard to type of tobacco used, 19.5% of respondents were cigarette smokers, 6.6% used cigars, cigarillos, or small cigars, 3.4% were chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip users, and very few used either water pipes (1.5%) or pipes (1.1%). Tobacco use was more prevalent among respondents who were male, younger, less educated, less wealthy, of non-Hispanic “other” race/ethnicity, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Tobacco is still widely used by adults in the U.S., and evidence-based cessation strategies are needed to reduce the burden of health and economic disparities attributed to tobacco use.

Read the study abstract published in the American Journal of Public Health. Click here to read the statement released by The Network for LGBT Health Equity at the Fenway Institute on how this study sheds light on tobacco use in the LGBT community.