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Specific cessation program details including website links, phone numbers, emails and full addresses have now been added to the RPTFC.org website. Check out these helpful, new features in the Northcentral, Northeast, Southcentral and the Quitline sections of the RPTFC.org website.
Regional Pennsylvania Tobacco-Free Coalitions meetings are coming up fast!
Join us for one of our June meetings, via Microsoft Teams:
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Southcentral: Tuesday, June 8th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Northcentral: Wednesday, June 9th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Northeast: Tuesday, June 15th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Webcast: Public Health Roadmap: Promoting Tobacco Use Dependency Treatment in Behavioral Health Settings
Join the American Lung Association for the Public Health Roadmap: Promoting Tobacco Use Dependency Treatment in Behavioral Health Settings webcast on Thursday, June 10, 2021, 1 PM – 2 PM, EST.
Despite the overall declines in tobacco product use, some populations still smoke at higher rates. This includes people with behavioral health issues such as mental illness and substance use disorders. People with behavioral health issues are interested in quitting, can quit, and benefit from quitting. While there is a strong evidence base for safety, efficacy and outcomes, behavioral health settings have been slow to prioritize the implementation of comprehensive tobacco use dependency treatment. This is why it is more important than ever for public health professionals to be equipped tools to address these challenging barriers to making tobacco dependence treatment part of behavioral health treatment.
Join the American Lung Association for an interactive webcast. Attendees can expect to:
- Increase confidence to engage and partner with systems and care teams in behavioral health settings that are interested in improving how they promote and integrate evidence-based tobacco use dependency treatment services.
- Learn more about the best practices learned during the 2021 Health Systems Change Cohort group, hosted by the American Lung Association.
- Learn about new tools for public health professionals, to coach community partners in behavioral health systems change.
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Tobacco Basics: The Free, One-Hour, Online Course
The American Lung Association’s Tobacco Basics is a free, one-hour, online course. It includes five online learning modules designed to lay the foundation in understanding the unfortunate toll tobacco use has in the United States. To learn more about Tobacco Basics, register today.
In this course, participants will learn:
- Differences between tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vaping devices
- The effects of tobacco use on the human body and brain
- Nicotine dependence and why quitting is so challenging
- Proven policies that protect public health from the toll of tobacco
- Programs available to help all tobacco users successfully quit for good
For more than 115 years, the American Lung Association has been the champion of healthy lungs and healthy air. Today, our work is more important than ever. You too can help by disseminating factual information and supporting good lung health.
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Tobacco-Free Student Messages Through Art
Article by Kimberly Levitt, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Gabby Hochfeld, the Health Outreach Coordinator, for Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, worked with the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) student group this semester to discuss and educate them on the importance of tobacco free living. One of the sessions included making an art project. You can view two students' amazing art project results with important messages below.
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Thanks to LFHS, Park Joins Young Lungs at Play Initiative
Article by Emily Bixler, Sent in by Holly Dolan, Lebanon Family Health Services
The Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick has officially been designated as a tobacco- and vape-free location, as it joined the Young Lungs at Play initiative. Now that it has been designated a no-smoking zone, Lebanon Family Health Services will provide the park with self-regulating “Young Lungs at Play!” signs to be posted in the area.
“The Young Lungs at Play program will have a positive impact on park users,” said Park Ranger Dave Eichler (pictured), in a Lebanon Family Health Services press release. “I applaud Lebanon Family Health Services for bringing the Young Lungs at Play program to Lebanon County and to Clarence Schock Memorial Park. We are proud to be a partner and be a part of the growing list of parks joining the program.”
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Doctor's Orders: Don't Wait. Vaccinate.
Shared by Jeannine Lozier, Mount Nittany
The COVID-19 vaccine is available and free for everyone in Pennsylvania age 12 years and older. It's crucial to restoring the health, safety and vibrancy of the communities we love. While it may be difficult, it’s time to talk about the vaccine with those we care about. Mount Nittany can help. Visit their online toolkit for guidance. The toolkit offers downloadable: talking points, fact sheet, social media sample posts and social media graphics. Contact Mount Nittany for further details.
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YMCA's Healthy Equity Tour is in Full Motion
Article by Eric Rothermel, Harrisburg Area YMCA
The YMCA Health Equity Tour officially kicked-off on Saturday, May 1st at the Camp Curtin Branch, YMCA in Harrisburg, PA. This is a year-long tour that is holding in-person events throughout the Commonwealth of PA and covering all 67 counties. Event activities include: educational materials about all things wellness, COVID-19, oral health, social isolation, tobacco use, food insecurity, and the range of evidence-based chronic disease management programs available through the YMCA and partnering organizations. Trained staff will be there to educate individuals about PENNIE and how to obtain health insurance through the state-based exchange. Visit YMCA's Health Equity Tour for more details.
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