Texas came up with six additional goals at the summit:

  • Reduce the smoking prevalence among binge alcohol users from 32% in 2012 to 24% in 2017.  Texas reduced the smoking prevalence to 27.8% in 2018. Data source: 2010 BRFSS.
  • Reduce the smoking prevalence among youth from 11% in 2012 to 5% in 2017.  In 2016, Texas reduced the smoking prevalence to 5.1%. Data source: 2010 TX School of Survey of Substance Use.
  • Increase the percentage of tobacco free mental health facilities from 10% in 2012 to 100% in 2017.  In 2016, the percentage had increased to 64%. Collection source using 2010 data to be determined.
  • Reduce the percentage of smokers in the STAR+PLUS program (Texas Medicaid adult recipients) from 30% in 2012 to 20% in 2017. Data source: 2010 CAHPS STAR+PLUS Survey.  Updated information has not been provided to the SCLC.
  • Increase the percentage of adult smokers in the Texas Medicaid STAR+PLUS Program, advised to quit smoking by doctors from 68% in 2012 to 100% in 2017. Data source: 2010 CAHPS STAR+PLUS Survey. Updated information has not been provided to the SCLC.
  • Increase the percentage of doctors who recommended or discussed medication to help adult smokers in the Texas Medicaid STAR+PLUS Program quit from 41% in 2012 to 100% in 2017. Data source: 2010 CAHPS STAR+PLUS Survey. Updated information has not been provided to the SCLC.

 

Updated data for Texas

For consistency in benchmarking and measuring the progress of all states, SCLC has been tracking BRFSS data. Here are the results:

Smoking prevalence among adults by frequent poor mental health status

Summit Year 2012: 35.77%     2020: 22.2%

Smoking prevalence among adults by heavy drinking status

Summit Year 2012: 41.45%     2020: 32.5% 

In 2020, Texas reduced smoking rates among adults with Frequent Poor Mental Health to 22.2% and among adults by heavy drinking status to 32.5%.

View data from all Leadership Academy States.

Poor mental health – self report 14 or more days with poor mental health in the past 30 days

Heavy drinking: 2015 to present defined as consuming on average more than 14 drinks per week for men, more than 7 drinks per week for women; 2011 to 2014 defined as consuming on average more than 2 drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.

Baseline determined using 2011 BRFSS.

Baseline for Summit and updated information for original targets used 2010 Texas BRFSS.