The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence's Training and Education Newsletter

June 14, 2022

We hope you enjoy this quarterly newsletter from the Training & Education Program at the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence. CTI provides education and training on evidence-based tobacco treatment to healthcare and behavioral health professionals in Maine on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. Our goal is to improve access to high quality, best practice tobacco treatment and create a network of tobacco treatment specialists across the state.

What's the Research?

Local Tobacco 21 Policies are Associated with Lower Odds of Tobacco Use among Adolescents

Regardless of traditionally low levels of adolescent cigarette use in the United States, there has been a recent rise in e-cigarette use among middle school and high school youth. One tactic that has been implemented to reduce the sales of tobacco products is through a policy called Tobacco 21, of “T21”. This policy raises the minimum legal sales age of all tobacco products to 21in order to reduce adolescent tobacco use, most of which begins before the age of 21.

This study examined whether local T21 policies affected adolescent use of a variety of tobacco products and if results fluctuated by grade level. This study took cross-sectional data from 8^th, 9^th and 11^th graders from the Minnesota Student Survey in 2016 and 2019. They observed past 30-day tobacco use among students that spanned a range three composite measures: flavored tobacco, dual/poly tobacco and any tobacco product use.

Ultimately, the study found that 8^th and 9^th grade students who were exposed to the T-21 policy had considerably lower odds of tobacco use than unexposed peers. They also found that 11^th grade students who were exposed to the T-21 policy did not differ significantly in their odds of any tobacco use outcomes relative to their peers who were not exposed to the policy.

To conclude, T-21 exposure is associated with lower chances of multiple forms of tobacco use, mainly among younger adolescent populations, supporting the implementation of T-21 policies to reduce tobacco use in this population.

April K Wilhelm, MD, MPH, John H Kingsbury, PhD, Marla E Eisenberg, ScD, MPH, Michael Shyne, MS, Sharrilyn Helgertz, PhD, Iris W Borowsky, MD, PhD, Local Tobacco 21 Policies are Associated With Lower Odds of Tobacco Use Among Adolescents, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 24, Issue 4, April 2022, Pages 478–483

To read the full article, click here.

New Training Season!

We're currently heading into a new training season!

As we're in the process of planning, please keep an eye on our website for future dates to be announced!

Tobacco Cessation Training | Center for Tobacco Independence (ctimaine.org)

SNAPSHOT OF THE

2021 – 2022

TRAINING SEASON

Total Number of Trainings

Opportunities for Change: Addressing Tobacco and Nicotine Use in Behavioral Health Settings Training (2)

Treating Tobacco Together: Basic Skills Training (6)

Treating Tobacco Together: Intensive Skills Training (2)

Annual Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Conference (1)

May 9^th Pre-Conference Workshop, May 10^th Conference

Student Trainings (28)

Provider Trainings (19)

Webinars Offered

The Training and Education Team offered 11 webinar over this training season on a number of various topics such as:

A Social Psychological Approach to Ending Health Stigma

Secondhand and Third hand Smoke Impact on the Latino Community & Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing

Brief Solution-Focused Therapy – Applications for Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment

The team trained over 1600 participants through our various training opportunities!!

WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK!

As we're planning for a new training season, we would like to know:

do you prefer -

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In-person Events

Virtual Events

Both in-person and virtual

It doesn't matter

Additional Offerings

Look out for our addition to compliment the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence Training and Education Newsletter!

We're releasing media offerings on a range of tobacco topics each quarter.

Check Out Our Latest Episode!

Tobacco Policy and Treatment in the Behavioral Health Setting

For this soundbite I'm going to be chatting with Michelle Wells, Program Manager for Practice Integration at CTI about best practices for tobacco policy and treatment in the behavioral health setting, the importance of addressing tobacco use, ways to support shifting the culture of tobacco, and ways to access tobacco policy and treatment support in Maine.

Click HERE to Listen to the Episode

We will be archiving our Newsletters and other media offerings on our CTI Website if you missed them!

Tobacco Prevention & Treatment Resources | Center for Tobacco Independence (ctimaine.org)

Selected Resource

Retailers looking for a quick reference guide for how the federal law regarding minimum age for sale of tobacco products is changing

For Maine T21 Resources - click HERE

For more information about the Training & Education Program, visit:

www.CTIMaine.org

The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI)

Tobacco Treatment Training and Education Program

CTI provides education and training on evidence-based tobacco treatment to healthcare and behavioral health professionals in Maine on behalf of the Maine CDC, DHHS. Our goal is to improve access to high quality, best practice tobacco treatment and create a network of tobacco treatment specialists across the state.