Tobacco Cessation Programs - Articles

Sort by: Newest Most Comments Relevance

NC Hospital Gains "Gold Star" Status for Tobacco Cessation by Partnership for Prevention Posted Wed 27 Jan 2010 7:31am "gold star" status for its tobacco-cessation programs. The rating was issued by N.C. Prevention Partners, the advocacy group that successfully lobbied for every acute-care hospital in the state to become 100 percent tobacco free. The home of Winston and Salem became the first state to achieve the milestone. However, a reporter with the Winston-Salem Read on »

Partnership Hails Success of MA's "Model" Tobacco Cessation Benefit by Partnership for Prevention Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:03pm Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program (MTCP) found that up to 38% fewer MassHealth cessation benefit users were hospitalized for heart attacks in the first year after using...A “model” tobacco cessation benefit offered to Massachusetts’ Medicaid participants has produced an astounding 26% drop in smoking rates in only two and a half years, and has Read on »

ActionToQuit Tobacco Cessation Summit in New England by Partnership for Prevention Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 7:32am a thirty month period 75,000 Medicaid subscribers in Massachusetts used the tobacco cessation benefit, and 33,000 quit smoking. The smoking rate for this population dropped from 38... received a grant from Partnership for Prevention to develop an action plan for tobacco cessation in New England. David Zauche, Senior Program Officer at Partnership for Prevention Read on »

ActionToQuit Tobacco Cessation Summit in Buffalo, New York by Partnership for Prevention Posted Thu 30 Sep 2010 12:41pm a grant from Partnership for Prevention to develop a state plan for tobacco cessation. David Zauche, Senior Program Officer at Partnership for Prevention, provided the keynote... to quit smoking. According to a September 2010 American Lung Association study, tobacco use costs the United States economy $301 billion per year in health care expenditures Read on »

Partnership Co-Hosts Tobacco Cessation Briefing at NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Louisville, Kentucky--Briefing Video to Fo by Partnership for Prevention Posted Tue 27 Jul 2010 9:24am members from across the country. The briefing focused on the impact the Massachusetts Medicaid program experienced when it offered and promoted a comprehensive tobacco cessation... MassHealth members have tried to quit smoking. This represents 40 percent of smokers on MassHealth, a level unprecedented in the nation. Researchers from the Massachusetts Tobacco Read on »

Public Comments Urged on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Proposed Tobacco Cessation Measure by Partnership for Prevention Posted Thu 10 Jun 2010 11:14am to evidence-based tobacco cessation counseling. A significant public health benefit will be realized. David Zauche Senior Program Officer Partnership for Prevention ... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new measure, which is still preliminary, that would expand coverage for evidence-based tobacco cessation Read on »

Tobacco Cessation and Mental Illness by Partnership for Prevention Posted Mon 24 May 2010 6:42am Why do people fighting against schizophrenia die so much earlier than the population at large? The answer may surprise you. And it’s related to tobacco cessation... the review, added “what this review suggests is that quit-smoking treatments like nicotine replacement therapy may work just as well for people with disorders like schizophrenia Read on »

HHS Announces Medicare Expands Coverage Of Tobacco Cessation Counseling by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Fri 27 Aug 2010 9:46am -cessation prescription medication through the Medicare Prescription Drug Program (Part D). “For too long, many tobacco users with Medicare coverage were denied access to evidence-based tobacco cessation counseling,” said Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “Most Medicare beneficiaries want to quit their tobacco use. Now, older adults and other Medicare Read on »

IN Bank Pitches in to Promote Tobacco Cessation by Partnership for Prevention Posted Mon 04 Jan 2010 2:48pm The LaPorte Savings Bank in Indiana shows one way businesses can help communities promote healthy lifestyle choices. Read on »

ActionToQuit Tobacco Cessation Summit in Virginia by Partnership for Prevention Posted Wed 22 Sep 2010 12:31pm for the Prevention and Treatment of Nicotine Addiction, and Partnership for Prevention. David Zauche Senior Program Officer Partnership for Prevention ... representatives, leaders, and advocates committed to saving lives and improving health through tobacco cessation. Over one million Virginians are current smokers, and 60% of them attempted Read on »