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WELCOME to the second edition of exchange extra! – a special edition of ttac exchange designed to bring state and local practice-supported research to you.

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“This very night I’m going to leave off tobacco! Surely there must be some other world in which this unconquerable purpose shall be realized.”
Charles Lamb (1815)

Next month in extra! . . .
Innovations in youth tobacco control

     Welcome

The public health community has many successes to celebrate in cessation—working together we have made great progress through the passage of smoking bans, clean indoor air ordinances, and the increase of excise taxes on tobacco—helping to support an environment ripe for changing social norms about tobacco use.

We direct this issue of extra! to those of you working on cessation at the local level, bringing you the latest figures from cessation research, what the literature says about the success and failure of community-based cessation programs and suggesting more effective ways communities can contribute to cessation.

In the end, we hope this issue gets you thinking about your role in cessation a little differently. In the words of Michael Fiore, “We’re in a very positive position now with a powerful evidence base that cessation works. It’s time to insure that every smoker is offered the services it takes to quit.”

Together let’s give cessation the priority it demands.

Dearell Niemeyer, MPH
Director, Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
 

Cessation
This month in extra! . . .
• The challenge of cessation
• The literature
• A local look at the literature, hot button issues, and what local advocates can do about quitlines, coverage for treatment, and working with the medical community.
• Putting it all together in Wisconsin
Resources and links
For the latest resources on cessation, click on these links:
• Cessation for Priority Populations
• For professionals
• Health insurance and Medicaid coverage of cessation
• Quitlines
• State cessation programs
• Research articles
• To help smokers quit

 
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Resource spotlight

 
This issue of extra! brings to the forefront the Center for Tobacco Cessation (CTC) Web site—an outstanding resource with the latest in what works in cessation.
 
Click here to learn about just a few of the great resources you can find at this site.
 

New release!

Basics of Tobacco Control -
Pathway to Change
A convenient research tool, training program, and link to resources, information, and new ideas from leading experts—developed by ttac and available to you now, online at http://www.ttac.org
 

A helping hand

Check out services specific to cessation, available to you through ttac.
 
Learn more about ttac technical assistance and resources.
 

Broaden the information exchange… forward extra!

extra! staff
 
Aliki P. Weakland, MPH, MSW
  Editor-in-Chief 
 
Madeline Barrow, MEd
  Writer/Researcher
 
Samantha Helfert, MLS
  Information Specialist

 

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