Helping behavioral health centers across Texas to become tobacco free for the health of their consumers, employees and campus visitors.
Houston, TX
Joined December 2016
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The American Lung Association is hosting Freedom From Smoking classes in Baytown, Texas every Tuesday between March 21 and May 2. For more information, see the attached promotional flyer.
Check out TTTF's most recent publication on providers’ non-cigarette tobacco use intervention practices in Texas healthcare centers providing care to behavioral health populations doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114…
TTTF new publication: Organization-Level Factors Associated with Changes in the Delivery of the Five A’s for Smoking Cessation following the Implementation of a Comprehensive Tobacco-Free Workplace Program within Substance Use Treatment Centers
doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911…
TTTF has published a new video on YouTube about disparities in tobacco use in the Black community with Dr. Obasi. You can check it out below!
#disparity #tobacco #AfricanAmerican #healthequity
youtu.be/MglcrOCNtGA
Check out this research article published by Truth Initiatives! Emerging research describes how nicotine pouch advertisements are taking a similar marketing approach to e-cigarettes which had catastrophic effects on youth tobacco use.
#ecigarette #tobacco
truthinitiative.org/research…
We are proud to present our new step-by-step implementation guide for centers serving people experiencing homelessness! Check it out here: takingtexastobaccofree.com/h…
We are happy to be attending the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals Conference in San Antonio. Come visit with Kim Skeene (pictured) and Bryce Kyburz at our booth and find out about our ongoing @CPRITTexas project recruiting rural addiction treatment centers!
#TAAP2022
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Missed our webinar with @GemmaMJTaylor in the UK this morning? Check out this video she shared with us.
#smokingcessation #mentalhealth #feelbetter
youtube.com/watch?v=GHZXsvrL…
Check out Black Lives / Black Lungs; a short film investigating the role of the tobacco industry in creating and perpetuating disparities in tobacco use for Black and African American adults in the US.
youtube.com/watch?v=Eeg5BNx-…
Did you know that smoking is a risk factor for nonmedical use of prescription opioids? Find out more on the infographic from the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center!
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📝 @FDATobacco FAQs: Product Standards
❓ What is the projected impact of prohibiting menthol in cigarettes?
Sincere thank you to Dr. Lorraine Graves, the Senior Investigator at the Centre of Excellence for Women's Health in Vancouver, Canada for creating this wonderful video presentation on women and tobacco use for Taking Texas Tobacco Free.
youtu.be/igp4VcGjA0k
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We're thrilled to join @CentralHealthTX, @austinpcc, @AshwellAtx, @austintexasgov's LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission, @CommUnityCareTX & @OutYouth as we work together to improve access to equitable, inclusive, quality health care for the LGBTQ2IA+ community.
Special thank you to Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan at UCSF for creating this this video on approaches to address tobacco use among populations experiencing homelessness! youtu.be/JtG09FNnDDY via @YouTube
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) will continue its 2022 fall series tomorrow, August 12, 2022. Register for this free online event here: gsu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
A recently published article in Preventive Medicine Reports finds that many formerly incarcerated individuals resume tobacco use after their release, despite institutional smoking bans. Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Tobacco Screening Practices and Perceived Barriers to Offering Tobacco Cessation Services among Texas Health Care Centers Providing Behavioral Health Treatment mdpi.com/1762146 #mdpiijerph via @IJERPH_MDPI
The CDC Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) has released a new article on the "Cost of Cigarette Smoking‒Attributable Productivity Losses, U.S., 2018" ajpmonline.org/article/S0749…
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Today, @FDATobacco Director Brian King provided an update on FDA review and enforcement of non-tobacco nicotine (NTN) products.
Read the update: fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp…
ALT Update on Review and Enforcement of Non-Tobacco Nicotine Products