March 2021
CA Quits Quarterly E-Newsletter
Your quarterly updates on our champion's corner, TLC corner, education spotlight along with articles, resources and events!
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CHAMPION'S CORNER
SAVE-THE-DATE

Annual Champions' Meeting 2021


CA Quits will host a virtual 2021 Tobacco-Free Champions' meeting on May 14th, 2021. This year's theme is "Improve, Collaborate, Innovate." Join us and learn more about how partners can work together to promote tobacco cessation treatment.

Champions from public health departments, Medi-Cal managed care plans and various health systems will cover the following topics:

  • Improving clinic workflow for tobacco treatment and referrals to the California Smokers' Helpline
  • Collaborations across local public health departments and clinics for tobacco treatment
  • Innovations at the health plan level for population health

This 3.5-hour event is designed for those working in health systems, public health departments or Medi-Cal managed health plans. Details and registration and additional information will be available soon. Mark your calendar today! Contact Rebecca: rthsieh@ucdavis.edu if you have questions.
TLC CORNER
2021 Tobacco Learning Collaborative (TLC) Revamp!


CA Quits is excited to announce our 2021 Tobacco Learning Collaborative, which kicks off on April 19th. This year, with the guidance of Dr. Ulfat Shaikh, Director for Healthcare Quality at UC Davis Health, the TLC has transformed into a workshop style series that welcomes all safety-net health systems, community-based organizations, and other partners interested in integrating best practices in tobacco treatment.
 
Topics include:
  • Assessing/Integrating Tobacco Treatment Workflows and Policies
  • Motivational Interviewing and Treatment Planning
  • Patient/Community Engagement and Materials Development
  • Population Health & Closing Care Gaps

For more information about the TLCs, contact Shannon Haggitt: srhaggitt@ucdavis.edu or Moreen Sharma: mmsharma@ucdavis.edu.

Click HERE to see the list of past TLC participants.
EDUCATION CORNER
3rd Annual Smoking Cessation Day


On March 5, 2021, three projects funded by the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) co-hosted the "3rd Annual Smoking Cessation Day," a half-day virtual conference for healthcare providers and other professionals who treat people who smoke. Dr. Michael Fiore, Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, gave a keynote talk on "Smoking Cessation as the Fourth Pillar of Cancer Care."

Some of the topics covered during this webinar include:

  • California’s Law to Restrict the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products
  • Quit for COVID: How and Why
  • Clinics and Behavioral Health Staff Trainings on Helping Others to Quit

If you are interested in learning more about the various topics, recorded videos of the event and presentations are available by clicking on the button below.
ARTICLES
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
A Story of Inequity - Tobacco Free CA

Tobacco is immensely destructive in African American/Black communities, causing more deaths than AIDS, accidents, and homicide combined. Tobacco companies' manipulative tactics have led to African American/Black communities experiencing the...

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Updated Screening Guidelines for Lung Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with LDCT in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. This recommendation replaces the 2013 USPSTF statement that recommended annual screening for lung cancer with LDCT in adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement indicated that "the most important risk factor for lung cancer is smoking. Smoking is estimated to account for about 90% of all lung cancer cases, with a relative risk of lung cancer approximately 20-fold higher in smokers than in nonsmokers."
WEBINARS