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Tobacco Prevention & Control Program

Tobacco Prevention & Control Program. DSHS Fall Meeting Prevention Resource Centers Synar Training September 28, 2011. Tobacco Prevention in Texas. 254 Counties 24.3 million people 6.7 million young people under the age of 18 1289 School Districts 1.2 million HS Students

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Tobacco Prevention & Control Program

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  1. Tobacco Prevention & Control Program DSHS Fall Meeting Prevention Resource Centers Synar Training September 28, 2011

  2. Tobacco Prevention in Texas • 254 Counties • 24.3 million people • 6.7 million young people under the age of 18 • 1289 School Districts • 1.2 million HS Students • 980,000 MS Students

  3. Youth Tobacco Use Lifetime and Past-Month Tobacco Use - G7 – 12 Texas School Survey (1990 – 2010)

  4. Youth Tobacco Use

  5. Synar Rates Youth Tobacco Use

  6. Availability of Tobacco Products 2010 Youth Tobacco Survey • How easy is it for people your age to obtain tobacco products in your community? Middle School High School • Very easy 13.9 33.6 • Easy 16.9 28.9 • Difficult 4.0 3.6 • Very difficult 2.2 1.3 • Don’t know 62.9 32.4

  7. Tobacco Prevention and Control FY12 Budget • FY11: $15,288,932 Total Budget Available • General Revenue • Tobacco Settlement • ARRA • CDC Cooperative Agreement • Comptroller’s Interagency Contract • FY12: $7,345,379 • Tobacco Settlement • CDC Cooperative Agreement

  8. Substance Abuse Prevention Funding for Tobacco Prevention Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Funds $42.5 M for Prevention • Prevention Resource Centers $239,000 Tobacco • Youth Prevention Programs: $3.6 Tobacco

  9. Reducing Minors’ Access to Tobacco Comptroller’s Office Enforcement Program Zeroed Out • FY12 ONLY 88 Local Law Enforcement Agencies DSHS: Tobacco Enforcement Program $1M • FY 12/13 Strategy to fund Local Law Enforcement only • Tobacco Hotline: Report Violations at 1-800-345-8647 • Web Training for Local Law Enforcement • Media DSHS: Texas Youth Tobacco Awareness Program DSHS: FDA State Enforcement Contract $1 .texastobaccolaw.org

  10. Tobacco Prevention Education Eliminated: Texas Education Agency Interagency Contract Tobacco Prevention Education in Grades 4 – 12 • 2010-2011school year • 628 School Districts • 15,230 Teachers • 450,920 Students Served

  11. Prevention Education Eliminated: Smokeless Tobacco Prevention Smokeless Prevention in rural counties • Year Prior to 2011 Synar Survey • 18,957 youth received SOS curriculum • 31,393 students receiving smokeless tobacco prevention materials • 608,842 youth reached through media

  12. Youth Engagement“Say What!” • Teen Ambassadors • 20 Teen Ambassadors • 7 College Age Consultants • Youth Leadership • Statewide Teen Leadership Summit • 11 Regional Youth Summits • Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day • “Say What!” Mini Grants • Local School and Community Groups

  13. Tobacco Cessation • Texas Quitline Funding Reduced by 39% • Counseling Services • TPCC Target Communities • Uninsured • Pregnant Women • Medicaid • Nicotine Replacement Therapy (free) • Uninsured • Pregnant Women • Web –Only Statewide

  14. Comprehensive Coalitions Tobacco Prevention and Control Coalitions • Funding Reduced by 35% • 5 TPCC Target Communities • Ft Bend County • Travis County • Bexar County • Lubbock and Surrounding Counties • Smith and Gregg Counties • Comprehensive Interventions • Quitline (limited services) • Media • Surveillance and Evaluation

  15. Health Communiciations Media Campaign Reduced by 45% • Target TPCC Communities • Focus on Prevention • “Enforcing Is Easy” • Synar Targets

  16. Collaboration Substance Abuse Prevention Programs • $42M Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant • National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Policies (NREPP) Evidence-based Curricula • 500 School Districts • Year Prior to 2011 Synar Report: 317,399 Youth Received Education

  17. Collaboration Tar Wars • Hady Hernandez -- Texas • 2011 National Contest 3rd Place Winner • American Academy of Family Physicians • Education and Poster Contest for 4th and 5th Graders

  18. Natural FitTobacco Use/Substance Use Prevention • Tobacco use and other substance use are highly correlated • Same target population • Same modifiable risk and protective factors • Similar strategies can be used to address the prevention of both tobacco use and other drug use

  19. Same Target Population Trends in Lifetime Use of Selected Substances: All Grades 7-12, 1988-2010 Texas School Survey 1988 to 2010

  20. FDA State Enforcement Contract$1 Million over Three Years Contract with Texas School Safety Center • Inspections by FDA Commissioned Officers • Undercover Buys • Advertising and Labeling Inspections • Targeting High Risk Areas • Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities • Close Proximity to High Concentration of Youth (schools, recreation centers) • Reporting

  21. Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act • Tobacco Control Act June 2009 • Regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products • Regulating tobacco products to protect the public health • Reduce Tobacco Use by Minors • Report Complaints • 1-877-CTP-1373

  22. Graphic Health Warnings

  23. Targeted PRC Retailer Education • Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities • Areas of High Rates of Youth • Tobacco Use • Areas Where Youth Report Easy Access • Close Proximity to Schools • Lower SES

  24. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

  25. Contact Information Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Penny Harmonson, Manager penny.harmonson@dshs.state.tx.us 512-206-4794 Barry Sharp, Program Coordinator barry.sharp@dshs.state.tx.us 512-206-5873

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