Tobacco Use Treatment Integration Regional Training
The Association of Substance Abuse Programs (ASAP) in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) was awarded a grant from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center entitled, The Texas Tobacco Cessation Integration Project using the slogan, Go for 3: Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Free!. The project is designed to help Department of State Health Services (DSHS) funded Substance Abuse Treatment providers incorporate smoking cessation best practice into treatment protocols through promotion and training.
A stakeholder advisory Workgroup met in March, 2013 to create a training plan, determine promotional materials, and select a best practice training for DSHS-funded treatment providers. The key stakeholders selected the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School tobacco use cessation model for individuals with mental illness and substance addiction. Seventeen individuals including DSHS-funded treatment provider clinicians and DSHS regional tobacco coordinators participated in a three day train-the trainer workshop presented by Dr. Jill Williams and Dr. Marc Steinberg in January. Five to seven regional trainings will be provided by the trained clinicians and regional coordinators to support local provider strategies to integrate nicotine dependence treatment into substance abuse addiction treatment protocols.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document, Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program, October, 2007, specified that interventions that increase quitting can decrease premature mortality and tobacco-related health care costs in the short-term. Quitting by age 30 eliminates nearly all excess risk associated with smoking, and smokers who quit smoking before age 50 cut in half their risk of dying in the next 15 years. Tobacco use screening and brief intervention by clinicians not only is a top-ranked clinical preventive service in terms of its relative health impact, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness but also is a cost-saving measure. CDC recommends that states eliminate cost and other barriers to treatment for underserved populations, particularly the uninsured and populations disproportionately affected by tobacco, such as persons with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in Texas.
Who Should Attend:
DSHS-funded Substance Abuse Treatment clinical staff and management
Cost:
FREE through a grant provided to ASAP through the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Lunch will be catered onsite for approximately $10 - $12 cash each.
Agenda will be made available soon