In Recovery & Tobacco Free!
More than 4,300 people die from heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, and diabetes every year in King County. Poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, tobacco use, and exposure to tobacco smoke are critical risk factors for these chronic diseases. People who most experience these risk factors tend to be low income, people of color, and those living in south King County or south Seattle.
Persons with mental health and substance abuse diagnoses consume 44% of all cigarettes in the U.S.1 and spend approximately 27% of their income on tobacco2. MHCADSD is addressing this inequity by providing education and resources to our contracted behavioral health care providers on the importance of incorporating tobacco treatment into clinical care.
MHCADSD is further supporting these efforts by changing policies that require implementing the 5 A’s (Ask, Advise, Assess, Arrange, Assist)3 into outpatient treatment programs and providing services in a smoke-free environment. These policy changes will positively affect the health of 58,000 individuals annually.
These efforts align with other national behavioral healthcare organizations (ATTUD) and will help increase awareness of the need to address nicotine addiction among individuals with mental health diagnoses and substance use disorders. The results will be increased quit rates of some of the most disenfranchised people and decreased youth tobacco use initiation rates.
SAMHSA Advisory Tobacco for Counselors March 2011
Over time, tobacco interventions will become a natural part of the treatment process and tobacco related chronic disease disparities will decrease improving the overall health of King County and assisting individuals in recovery, be tobacco free! Over time, tobacco interventions will become a natural part of the treatment process and tobacco related chronic disease disparities will decrease improving the overall health of King County and assisting individuals in recovery, be tobacco free!Over time, tobacco interventions will become a natural part of the treatment process and tobacco related chronic disease disparities will decrease improving the overall health of King County and assisting individuals in recovery, be tobacco free!
Tobacco Treatment Toolbox Tobacco Policy Toolbox Online Tobacco Resources Find Treatment Programs Online Tobacco Trainings Want to be a part of the movement? Join the King County Tobacco Treatment Coalition today! Open to any human service provider in King County. Contact Sherry McCabe at sherry.mccabe@kingcounty.gov for more information on participating. Or visit the social network site at http://www.healthykingcounty.org/group/tobacco-treatment-coalition-ttc. 1. Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population Based Study. JAMA 2000. 2. Steinberg ML, Williams JM, Ziedonis DM: Financial implications of cigarette smoking among individuals with schizophrenia. Tobacco Control 2004; 13:206. 3. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Clinical Practice Guideline. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. June 2000.
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