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Plan For Community Change Reducing Use of Tobacco In Montcalm County

Plan For Community Change Reducing Use of Tobacco In Montcalm County. Presented by: Karen Bowers, Nanette Brown, Cindy Magirl , Laura Parker, Tennille Sassano , and Kathy Vietti. Tobacco Facts. Nicotine: Most addictive chemical in tobacco

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Plan For Community Change Reducing Use of Tobacco In Montcalm County

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  1. Plan For Community ChangeReducing Use of TobaccoInMontcalm County Presented by: Karen Bowers, Nanette Brown, Cindy Magirl, Laura Parker, Tennille Sassano, and Kathy Vietti

  2. Tobacco Facts • Nicotine: Most addictive chemical in tobacco • 1950’s Researchers linked cigarette smoking to health issues • 1960’s Cigarette smoking peaked in the United States • 91.5 million current and former smokers in the United States

  3. BenchmarksTobacco Use • Montcalm County 26.7% • Michigan 19.8% • United States 19.0

  4. ContributingFactors • Younger population • Lower educational level • Males • Lack of health insurance • No primary care provider

  5. TranstheoreticalModel

  6. Community Health Nursing Diagnosis • Risk of developing lung diseases (emphysema, bronchitis and chronic airway obstruction) • Among adults age 18 and older in Montcalm County • Related to the high cigarette smoking rates • As demonstrated by the smoking rate of 26.7% compared to 19.6% for the State of Michigan

  7. Causative Factors • Tobacco advertising • Selling tobacco to youths • Peer pressure/Social image

  8. Reducing Causative Factors • Advertise health damage caused by tobacco use. • Encourage smoking cessation; provide free help • Reduce tobacco advertising to youth. • Decrease illegal sales to under age population.

  9. President Obama’s Great AmericanSmoke Out Message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-gboZJYZ0

  10. Improved Health Indicators • Statistical data should show a decline of tobacco use in Montcalm County • Reduction of chronic lung disease • Decreased tobacco sales • Decrease healthcare costs • Local hospital tobacco programs

  11. WHO??????? Youth

  12. Prevention Is The Key

  13. Community Intervention

  14. How To Target Our Youth Population

  15. Barriers • Cost of brochures • Parental consent for graphic nature of content • Limited resources • Availability

  16. Smoking Is Hazardous To Health

  17. Evaluation of Intervention • Statistical data for the percentage of smokers in Montcalm County would decrease • Compare the data of the upcoming Montcalm County Profile Health Assessment with the next 5-10 years • The goal would be to see the statistics from the local community tobacco cessation programs have an increased enrollment

  18. References • AddictionInfo.org, (2013). Retrieved from: http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/276//transtheoretical-model-of-Behavior-Change/Page1.html • American Lung Association, (2013). An Epidemic of Tobacco Use in Rural Communities Retrieved from: http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/disparities-reports/cutting-tobaccos-rural-roots/2013/an-epidemic-of-tabacco-use-in.html • Center of Disease Control and Prevention, (2013) Tips From Former Smokers Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/about • Center of Disease Control and Prevention, (2013) Data and Statistics Retrieved from: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statisitics/sgr2 • Davidson, T., Willingham E., (2008). Nicotine and related disorders. Retrieved from Health and Wellness Resource Center Database • Felberbaum, M., (2013) U.S. to Revise Cigarette Warning Labels Retrieved from: www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/19/cigarette-warning-labels/20005491

  19. References • Health Resource Center Student Health Services Tobacco Abuse (2013) Retrieved from: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/hrc • Healthy People 2020, (2013) Tobacco Retrieved from: http://healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/tobacco.aspx?tab=data • Health Resource Center Student Health Services Tobacco Abuse (2013) http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/hrc • Hopkins, D.Briss, P. Ricard, C., Husten, C., Carande-Kulis, V., Fielding, J., Alao, M., McKenna, J., Sharp, D., Harris, J., Woollery, T., Harris, K., The Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2001). Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 20(2S). Retrieved from:http://www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/tobac-AJPM-evrev.pdf

  20. References • Michigan Department of Community Health. (n.d.) Tobacco Control Program. Retrievedfrom: http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2940_2955_2973---,00.html • Mid-Michigan District Health Department, (2011) Community Health Assessment Montcalm County Profile 2011. Retrieved from: http://mmdhd.org/cha/Montcalm/CHA_Montcalm_Co_Profile.pdf • Michigan Department of Treasury (2012). Michigan's cigarette and tobacco taxes. Retrieved from http://www.michigan.gov/documents/treasury/CigaretteAndTobaccoTaxes2011StatisticalUpdate_397083_7.pdf • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (2012) Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Retrieved from: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/preventing-youth-tobacco-use/index.html

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