Colo. Alcohol & Drug NewsSource: CDC Press Release, April 7, 2008:
Mothers who smoke early in pregnancy are more likely to give birth to infants with heart defects, according to a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Source: NIAAA Alcohol Alerts, No.71, January 2007
Alcohol and tobacco are among the top causes of preventable deaths in the United States . Moreover, these substances often are used together: Studies have found that people who smoke are much more likely to drink, and people who drink are much more likely to smoke. Dependence on alcohol and tobacco also is correlated: People who are dependent on alcohol are three times more likely then those in the general population to be smokers, and people who are dependent on tobacco are four times more likely than the general population to be dependent on alcohol…The link between alcohol and tobacco has important implications for those in the alcohol treatment field.
Source: CESAR Fax, 15:45, 11/13/2006
While the prevalence of current cigarette use declined significantly from 36.4% in 1997 to 21.9% in 2003, there was no statistically significant difference in use from 2003 to 2005, which is consistent with trends observed in other national school-based surveys. According to the authors, factors that may have contributed to this lack of a continued decline include smaller annual increases in the prices of cigarettes, less youth exposure to and/or funding for smoking-prevention campaigns and proand substantial increases in spending by the tobacco industry onadvertising and promotion.
Read the complete Cesar Fax overview.
See Also:
Cigarette Use Among High School Students—United States, 1991-2005, Morbidity and Mortality Monthly Report 55(26)724-
726, 2006. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5526a2.htm.
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing, state- and population-based surveillance system designed to monitor selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur before, during, and after pregnancy among women who deliver live-born infants.
This report summarizes data for 2000–2003 from 19 states (including Colorado) and looks at 8 perinatal indicators, including cigarette smoking during pregnancy, smoking cessation and drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
A factoid of interest: Colorado ranks the lowest among the 19 states for the prevalence of abstinence from alcohol during the last 3 months of pregnancy (91.3% abstention rate).
A new Tobacco section has been added to the PIC Clearinghouse. A variety of brochures dealing with tobacco are now available. They are FREE to Colorado residents. To browse and order this and other free resources visit http://www.rmc.org/picstore/
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The following resources have just been added to the online STEPP store. They are FREE to Colorado residents. To browse and order this and other free resources visit http://www.rmc.org/shop
The following brochures are the same, except for image on cover:
Cessation: Quitline You can quit. We can help. (Asian/Pacific)
Soon everyone will know you’re a quitter. Won’t that be great?
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Cessation: Quitline You can quit. We can help. (African American)
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Cessation: Quitline You can quit. We can help. (Caucasian)
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Cessation: Quitline You can quit. We can help. (Hispanic)
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Center for Substance Abuse Research, 3/20/06
Based on data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables, 2005, the Center for Substance Abuse Research is reporting that girls ages 12-17 are more likely than boys of the same age to initiate use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. Nearly 1.5 million girls began using alcohol for the first time in the past year versus 1.2 million boys. Girls are also just as likely as boys to have reported using substances in the last month: alcohol (18.0% vs 17.2%), cigarette (12.5% vs. 11.3%) and marijuana (7.1% vs. 8.1%).
House Bill 1175, the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006, passed out of the House and on to Gov. Bill Owens, who is expected to sign or allow the bill become a law without his signature.
The law would ban smoking in restaurants, bars, and most indoor workplaces and public places (e.g. casinos are exempted). It would also set a 15-foot perimeter outside business doors where smoking would be prohibited.
For more information visit the following links:
The following resources have just been added to the online STEPP store. They are FREE to Colorado residents. To browse and order this and other free Tobacco resources visit http://www.rmc.org/shop/
Tobacco Industry Involvement in Colorado
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Tobacco And Diabetes
DESCRIPTION:
You may not choose to have diabetes…but you can choose not to smoke.
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As if in response to the recent (January) Drug and Alcohol Research Findings article “Boomerang ads”, in which the authors argue that the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s “National Youth Anti-Drug Campaign” had zero or negative impact on actual drug use, the last month has seen a slew of articles outlining the benefits of successful media campaigns.
Media Campaign Found to Cut Teens’ Marijuana Use
A NIDA funded study has found that an in-school anti-marijuana and alcohol campaign, “Be Under Your Own Influence,” cut usage by one half compared to communities that did not have the program. The study was published in the February 2006 issue of Health Education Research.
For more information:
New Anti-Drug Program Shows ‘Phenomenal’ Success by Focusing on Positives - AScribe Newswire (02/28/06)
Montana Meth Project Ads Getting Wide Publicity: Will They Work?
The Montana Meth Project has launched a series of graphic and credible TV, radio, and poster ads targeting youth ages 12-17. The campaign has received national coverage in a New York Times article (02/26/06) as well as on NPR’s All Things Considered radio show (02/27/06), where the ads were described as “visceral and less parental.” Listen to the 5 minute NPR interview with Paul Venables, founder of ad company that created the ads, here.
View the Ads at http://www.montanameth.org/ads_television.aspx
TV Ads Help Many Smokers Quit
Source: JoinTogether.org (02/23/06)
TV antismoking ads helped more people quit than any other intervention, including nicotine-replacement therapy and telephone help lines, according to a new study.
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