Table of Contents

Quitlines | Cessation | Smoking Restrictions | Tobacco Sales
Priority Populations | Youth | Evaluation | Media | Miscellaneous

Quitlines

• CDC supplemental funding for quitline initiatives - 10/8/2007
• State methods for paying quitline contractors – 2/26/07
• Use of Rick Stoddard ad series for quitline promotion – 11/2/06
• Impact of statewide smoke-free air law on quitline calls - 6/9/06
• Ads for promoting quitlines – 2/1/06
• Quitline language for callers under 18 – 12/5/05
• Fax referral system for quitline – 10/3/05
• Reports on individual quitline callers – 10/3/05
• Best practices in utilizing media funds for quitline promotion – 7/5/05
• Prescription pad promotional materials for quitlines – 6/23/05
• Online cessation programs – 6/23/05
• Creative ideas for promoting a new quitline – 6/23/05
• Quitline calls from young adults – 6/16/05
• Using 211 to refer smokers to quitlines – 6/16/05
• Evaluation of quitlines – 5/17/05
• Quitline NRT services and insurance surcharge – 5/16/05

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Cessation

• Successful, Brief, Small-Group Cessation Interventions - 7/18/08
• State medicaid coverage of cessation counseling and pharmacotherapy - 8/14/07
• School-based cessation programs - 1/19/07
• Medicaid coverage of cessation plus NRT – 8/3/06
• RFAs for institutionalizing PHS clinical practice guidelines – 2/17/06
• Certified tobacco cessation counselors – 11/30/05
• State coverage of cessation plus NRT – 9/20/05
• Budget cuts and cessation – 8/30/05
• Pay for performance strategies for physicians – 8/26/05
• Implementing a cessation program in public health care clinics – 8/16/05
• Health insurance discounts for non-tobacco users – 5/25/05
• Cessation materials in russian – 5/20/05
• Media outreach to health care providers – 10/5/04

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Smoking Restrictions

• Smoke-free grounds policies for state health department or state government properties – 5/19/08
• Administrative Rule Language - Definitions for 'Infiltrate' and 'Incidental' – 5/1/08
• Cigar bar and other exemption application forms – 5/1/08
• Providing incentives to encourage restaurants to go smoke-free - 3/24/08
• Examples and lessons learned of state agency tobacco-free campus policy - 12/11/2007
• Standards regarding indoor air quality – 11/9/07
• Model tobacco free hospital policy examples – 8/31/07
• Examples of administrative rules for statewide smokefree air laws – 5/18/07
• Waiver provision for economic and other hardship cases – 5/1/07
• Paid advertising following passage of smoke-free air law – 4/6/07
• Economic impact of enacted smoke-free legislation – 1/5/07
• Signage for outdoor and indoor venues – 11/2/06
• Local ordinances for smoke- or tobacco-free parks/playgrounds – 10/11/06
• Smoke-free VFWs – 7/5/06
• Enforcement of smoke-free ordinances – 4/7/06
• Smoke-free workplace implementation call center scripts – 2/24/06
• Using observational surveys to assess compliance with smoke-free laws – 1/24/06
• Survey questions to gauge public support for smokefree policies – 12/2/05
• Expansion of smoke-free legislation to include bars – 11/10/05
• Funds for worksite smoking shelters – 8/30/05
• Regulation of hookah bars – 7/21/05
• Recognition programs for clean indoor air policies – 6/13/05
• Smoking at state health department campuses – 5/17/05
• Clean indoor air policy language – 1/12/05
• Smoking ban in motorpool cars – 10/5/04

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Tobacco Sales

• Electronic scanners for birthdate verification in tobacco sales - 11/26/07
• Legislation controlling tobacco retail outlets – 1/3/06
• Survey questions to gauge public support of price increases – 12/6/05
• Monetary incentives for non-compliant tobacco retailers – 11/28/05
• Buy one get one free legislation – 10/12/05
• Reducing point of sale advertising – 8/30/05
• Merchant education programs – 7/14/05
• Public education on taxes for internet purchases – 7/14/05
• Age minimum to sell tobacco products – 4/22/05
• “Reward and Remind” – retailer education on underage purchase – 1/6/05
• Retail licenses for tobacco – 11/16/04

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Priority Populations

• State Collaboration with Head Start - 8/29/08
• Incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy - 8/31/07
• Tobacco prevention in rural areas - 8/28/07
• Efforts targeting women - 7/13/07
• Disparities logic model - 6/15/07
• Media activities for disparate groups - 6/5/07
• Smoking cessation lay counselors in African American communities - 5/1/07
• TV ads or programs for the deaf community - 1/4/07
• Resources and activities for military personnel - 8/1/06
• Disparities coordinator position descriptions – 3/20/06
• Lowering the smoking rate among medicaid clients – 12/2/05
• Implementing the 5 A’s with pregnant women – 10/14/05
• Focus group/interview questions for priority populations – 2/21/05
• LGBT & Low SES statewide networks – 12/6/04

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Youth

• Background checks in contracts for youth programs - 1/10/08
• Examples of RFAs for smoke-free campuses and dorms and tobacco-industry free sponsorship - 12/11/07
• Internet sales to youth – 10/4/07
• College student smoking rates following policy implementation – 8/17/07
• Non-punitive alternative to youth suspension programs – 8/6/07
• Youth advocacy coalitions – 2/9/07
• Youth possession laws – 10/11/06
• Media campaigns on smoking and SIDS – 6/1/06
• TNT curriculum – 6/21/06
• “Operation Storefront” for point-of-purchase ads – 2/7/06
• Time constraints on youth data collection – 2/6/06
• Evidence-based elementary school tobacco use curriculums – 1/3/06
• Youth tobacco use prevalence rate declines – 10/25/05
• Educational materials on SHS exposure of children and infants – 10/14/05

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Evaluation

• Tobacco program reporting systems – 8/3/07
• Program evaluation plans – 8/3/07
• Communities of excellence key indicator assessments – 2/9/07
• Collection of statewide data on restaurant smoking policies – 11/2/06
• Smoke-free hospital follow-up satisfaction studies – 10/11/06
• Assessment tool for statewide advocacy groups - 7/21/06
• Surveys of contractors for statewide evaluation – 7/21/06
• Evaluating local programs – 2/2/06

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Media

• Advertising agencies for anti-tobacco campaigns and collateral material – 9/18/07
• Sample smokefree car window clings – 7/27/07

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Miscellaneous

• Developing tobacco-specific trainings for community-based programs and medical providers - 1/23/08
• State fiscal year periods – 10/19/07
• Tobacco control orientation materials for advisory/oversight committee – 9/12/07
• Use of RFP process to conduct adult tobacco survey – 8/17/07
• Staffing competencies and job descriptions for local tobacco control programs – 5/4/07
• Legislation re: nicotine yield and tobacco product language – 1/18/07
• Sample RFP for technical assistance and training for community-based grant programs – 1/4/07
• Coordinated school health programs – 11/7/06
• Challenges resulting from funding increases – 7/21/06
• Request for RFPs – 5/24/06
• Tobacco control budget and staffing – 3/20/06
• Pros/cons of changing state smoker protection laws – 12/21/05
• Partnerships with Salvation Army – 11/16/05
• Orientation manual for new community coordinators – 11/2/05
• Mint snuff – 10/11/05
• Working with comprehensive cancer programs – 8/18/05
• Developing a state tobacco resource center – 4/14/05
• RFP’s for statewide surveillance and evaluation, media contractors and agency to provide technical assistance for local programs and or cessation promotion/5 A's training – 3/1/05

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If you have a question for your peers at other state health departments, please e-mail tcn@sph.emory.edu.

To view responses to "Help Your Colleagues" cessation-related questions asked by members of the Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network, visit the TCLN website (hyperlink: http://www.tcln.org/resources/reports-tools.html).