Behavioral Health

The PA STFRI is a five-year CDC funded project to advance evidence-based tobacco interventions in the behavioral health setting. The Initiative offers state-wide consultation, training and technical assistance to treatment providers and community partners to develop tobacco-free policies and integrate a tobacco-free recovery system of care into existing behavioral health services. 

Smoking Cessation Therapies Benefit Substance Use Disorder Clients

A 2019 update on smoking among adults with a behavioral health condition, any mental illness, any serious mental illness (SMI), and any substance use disorder (NSDUH data; provided by SAMHSA)

The Tobacco Cessation Change Package was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the purpose of helping healthcare professionals in outpatient, inpatient, and behavioral health settings, as well as public health professionals who partner with these groups, to implement systems and strategies that improve care for patients who use tobacco.

SAMHSA continuously updates its directory of mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities across the country, based on responses to its National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) and National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS). SAMHSA has developed an online search engine that allows the public to find mental health and/or substance abuse treatment facilities in their city, county, state or nationwide along with what smoking cessation services they provide and whether they have a smoke-free campus policy.