The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) and the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control (NBHN) hosted this free webinar: “Changing the Habit: State & Community Approaches to Tobacco Controlon Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at 2:00pm ET (90 minutes).

The following speakers presented:

  • Marilyn J. Carter, PhD, Health Education Director, Adapt/SouthRiver Community Health Center
  • Margaret A. Jaco, MSSW, Senior Associate, Policy & Practice Improvement, National Council for Behavioral Health, Project Manager for National Behavioral Health Network
  • Susan McLain, MPH, Public Health Program Administrator, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control
  • Joanna Stoms, MPA, RRT, Cancer Plan Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Health

Webinar Objectives:

  1. Describe how you can leverage the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control’s tools, resources, and network to combat tobacco use & cancer disparities among individuals with mental illnesses and addictions and network members
  2. Discuss the integration of tobacco dependence treatment as a standard and expected part of primary care and behavioral health care
  3. Explain how a state’s Department of Health; Department of Drug and Alcohol and Department of Human Services can partner to address tobacco use and cancer disparities among individuals with mental illness and addictions through systems and policy change

Recording:  https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/app5yo9cnoi3fsardc15cz9o7e1qcoz4

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