Toolkit on Tobacco Treatment for Persons with Substance Use Disorders
To help educate clinicians and administrators on how to address tobacco use among people with substance use disorders, Signal Behavioral Health Network and the Colorado State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership (STEPP) have developed a toolkit – a concise, user-friendly guide to tobacco treatment for counselors and policy recommendations for supervisors and administrators. The toolkit is intended to help providers fully integrate tobacco treatment into existing substance abuse treatment practices.
The toolkit includes:
- an overview of the risks of tobacco use and the benefits of quitting;
- resources for tobacco treatment with persons with substance use disorders;
- guidelines for assessing tobacco use and readiness to quit;
- treatment recommendations including pharmacotherapy, nicotine replacement and counseling; and
- recommendations for agency policies on tobacco control and treatment.
Included with the toolkit are posters for clients, brochures for counselors and administrators, and a reference card on treatment and medications. Electronic copies of the toolkit are available to all from the Signal website.
Hard copies of the toolkit may be ordered through STEPP at but are restricted to Colorado State only. Contact Erik Stone at estone@signalbhn.org for more information on the toolkit.
Tobacco Dependence Intervention Manual for Nurses
The Intensive Tobacco Dependence Intervention with Persons Challenged by Mental Illness: Manual for Nurses is now available for download on the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Tobacco Dependence Information Center website. Developed to guide Registered and Advanced Practice Nurses through tobacco dependence interventions with their clients who smoke, the manual is based on the Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, and offers the basic tenets of self-determination theory, and Gadow’s moral framework for nursing. Practical clinical interventions are described in detail. The manual is derived from the authors’ experiences delivering a nurse-managed intensive tobacco dependence intervention program in an academic out-patient mental health clinic, which was funded by the New York State Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. For more information on the manual or the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Tobacco Dependence Task Force contact Daryl Sharp, PhD, APRN, BC, FNAP, Chairperson, Tobacco Dependence Council, APNA, Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing, Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY at (585) 275-6465 or e-mail Daryl_Sharp@URMC.Rochester.edu.
Click here to download the manual.
Register Now for Upcoming Webinar
October 14, 2009 at 2PM ET/11AM PT - Tobacco-Free for Recovery: Assisting Mental Health Consumers with Tobacco Cessation. Hosted by the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and Rx for Change this three-hour online training will provide valuable information on key terms and definitions related to tobacco use, why it is important to quit smoking, the different types of tobacco products and why they are addictive, what helps people to quit smoking, and how to help people quit. Participants will be invited to ask questions, provide comments, and participate in the activities and discussion that will take place during the training.
While this curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of mental health peer counselors, it is a helpful training tool for any provider or advocate interested in learning more about mental health and smoking cessation.
To register for the Oct. 14 webinar, click here.
Also Click here for free PowerPoint slides, audience handouts, and correspondence video segments relevant to the tobacco cessation curricula. The RX series now includes Psychiatry RX, a new 4-hour curriculum specific to psychiatry.
If you have any questions about the webinar or the Rx for Change online series, please contact Reason Reyes, SCLC Technical Assistance Manager, at reason.reyes@ucsf.edu or call (877) 509-3786 toll free.
NEW Bringing Everyone Along Resource Guide Supplement
The new BEA Resource Guide Supplement is now available to download. The Supplement contains practical advice and implementation strategies for integrating tobacco dependence treatment in mental health and substance use settings. Included in the Supplement are case studies together with summary information and an updated resource list. Questions? Contact Elizabeth White at 503-418-5479 or e-mail lawse@ohsu.edu.
2009 NCTOH Presentations Now Available Online
Most presentations from the 2009 National Conference on Tobacco Or Health (NCTOH) held in Phoenix, Arizona are now available online in PDF format.
To access them, go to the NCTOH Web site and click on the hyperlink at the top of the page in the phrase "Browse or search the 2009 NCTOH Agenda". You DO NOT need to log in, simply click "Browse" and search by presenter’s name, session, or any other criteria you have available.
If you need technical assistance in locating a presentation call or e-mail Pamela Lemos at 240-645-1137 or plemos@danya.com