Strategies to Support Tobacco Cessation and Tobacco-Free Environments in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities

• Published in: Preventing chronic disease Vol. 12; p. E167
• Main Authors: Marshall, LaTisha L, Kuiper, Nicole M, Lavinghouze, S Rene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 01.10.2015
• Series: Peer Reviewed
• Subjects: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Brief; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Community-Institutional Relations; Cooperative Behavior; Data Collection; Evidence-Based Practice; Health Plan Implementation; Health Promotion - methods; Humans; Leadership; Mental Health Services - economics; Mental Health Services - standards; Models, Organizational; Oregon; Program Evaluation; Smoke-Free Policy; Smoking Cessation - legislation & jurisprudence; Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - economics; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - standards; Tobacco Smoke Pollution - prevention & control; United States; Utah; Vulnerable Populations; Oregon; United States; Utah
• ISSN: 1545-1151; 1545-1151
• DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.140585

We identified and described strategies for promoting smoking cessation and smoke-free environments that were implemented in Oregon and Utah in treatment centers for mental illness and substance abuse. We reviewed final evaluation reports submitted by state tobacco control programs (TCPs) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and transcripts from a call study evaluation. The TCPs described factors that assisted in implementing strategies: being ready for opportunity, having a sound infrastructure, and having a branded initiative. These strategies could be used by other programs serving high-need populations for whom evidence-based interventions are still being developed.