Addressing TobaccoRelated Disparities in Washington

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Addressing Tobacco-Related Disparities in
Washington
Current Priority populations
Resources to help Smokers Quit

• People under 200 of poverty
• Racial-ethnic (African Americans, Asian
  American-Pacific Islanders, Hispanic/Latinos),
  Native Americans (tribal and Urban),
• Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender
• New population priorities being developed in new
  5-year strategic plan

• Quitline services (counseling and free nicotine
  replacement therapies) paid by Medicaid and in
  Spanish
• Quitline promotion by local contractors and
  partners
• Supporting systems change in health care clinics
  (migrant, tribal, hospital)
• Support First Steps (Maternal Support Services)
  to use brief intervention
• Piloting community specific services in some
  racial-ethnic and LGBT communities

Policy Change (support implementation)

• High tobacco tax (2.24/pack)
• Smoke-free public places law (includes bars,
  restaurants, worksites)
• Tobacco-free schools
• Smoke-free college and hospital campuses,
  multiunit housing, community events, tribal
  facilities and events
• Preventing youth access to tobacco (including
  sales to minors, sampling, and social sources)

Integration

• Training and technical assistance to build
  capacity within community organizations and
  programs (e.g. Head Start, organizations serving
  racial-ethnic and LGBT communities)
• Seeking ways to integrate tobacco-free messages
  and approaches with chronic disease prevention
  programs

Media/health communications

• Paid media (targeted to low SES populations and
  Latino populations)
• Grassroots media (targeting low SES via
  organizations serving low SES populations
• Community-specific media and educational
  materials (culturally and linguistically
  appropriate for racial-ethnic and tribal
  communities)
• Tailored youth involvement training materials to
  American Indian and Spanish-speaking communities
• Event sponsorship
• Earned media
• Focus groups

Community Engagement/Advisory

• Contracts with 27 of 29 federally-recognized
  tribes and organizations in the African American,
  Asian-A American -Pacific Islander,
  Hispanic/Latino, Urban Indian and LGBT
  communities to coordinate activities and provide
  consultation to state tobacco program
• Tobacco Disparities Advisory Council

Data and Evaluation

• Expanded surveillance (Behavior Risk Factor
  Surveillance System BRFSS) for racial-ethnic
  communities
• Sexual orientation question on state adult survey
  (BRFSS)
• State survey (BRFSS) in Spanish and several Asian
  languages
• In-depth data analysis (adult and youth
  smoking/tobacco use data reports and community
  specific fact sheets)

Website
More Resources on Addressing Tobacco-related
Disparities from the Washington State Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program www.doh.wa.gov/tob
acco/disparities/disparity.htm