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Office of Health Promotion

Office of Health Promotion. Tobacco Use Prevention Program.

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Office of Health Promotion

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  1. Office of Health Promotion

  2. Tobacco Use Prevention Program The Kansas Tobacco Use Prevention Program provides resources, technical assistance and education for policy change to community coalitions for development, enhancement, and evaluation of state and local initiatives to prevent morbidity and mortality from tobacco use addiction.

  3. Four Programs GoalsNational, State and Local • Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among young people. • Promoting quitting among young people and adults. • Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). • Identifying and eliminating the disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among different population groups.

  4. How do we accomplish our goals? • TUPP Staff to provide technical assistance • Kansas Tobacco Quitline to assist tobacco users • Grant Programs to build local capacity • Partners to expand our impact

  5. TUPP Staff Vacant - Director Carol Cramer- Program Manager Vacant- Epidemiologist Ginger Park- Media and Policy Coordinator Becky Tuttle- Quitline Manager 6 Outreach Coordinators Vacant Administrative Assistant Katy Ashton- Administrative Assistant

  6. Heidi Johnson Jenna Hunter Travis Rickford Becky Tuttle/vacant Jena Morgan Karry Moore

  7. Grant Programs • Chronic Disease Risk Reduction • Smokeless Doesn’t Mean Harmless (TFKC)

  8. Partners • CDC, Sunflower Foundation • Health Departments and RPCs • AHA, ALA, ACS, SRS, KSDE, KSNA, Dept. of Revenue • Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition • Kansas Academy of Family Physicians • Kansas Health Foundation • Hospitals • Universities • Faith Community

  9. Kansas Tobacco Quitline A tobacco cessation program as unique as your thumbprint.

  10. Funding Sources • National Centers For Disease Control and Prevention • Kansas SGF from the MSA

  11. Plan • Cessation Increase cessation attempts, reduce prevalence [Implement health care provider outreach initiative collaborate with oral health providers]

  12. Long term objectives

  13. Plan • Initiation Decrease usage, restrict access [Provide technical assistance to adopt youth access ordinances, pass tobacco free school ground policies, spit tobacco initiative, tobacco free county fairs]

  14. Long term objectives

  15. Plan • Secondhand smoke Decrease/eliminate exposure [Provide resources and technical assistance to adopt tobacco free workplaces]

  16. Long term objectives

  17. Plan • Disparities Eliminate health disparities caused by tobacco use among sub-populations in KS - Identify & implement strategies - Establish a diverse workgroup - Identify disparate and diverse populations - Develop a strategic plan

  18. Plan • Disparities - Identify communities with high levels of tobacco-related disparities interested in making it a priority - Secure funding for future specific population strategies - Implement specific populations strategic plan Next application – 5 year plan

  19. Objectives

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