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NNTPP Initiatives

The Salvation Army:
With the assistance of the NNTPP, The Salvation Army has provided training for staff at the Army's corps community centers to integrate tobacco cessation as part of their addiction treatment programs. The Salvation Army has also adopted facility tobacco use policies.

• The Salvation Army "Tobacco and Health" Scouting Emblem Program � NNTPP collaborates with The Salvation Army to develop a "Tobacco and Health" scouting emblem curriculum for the Army's after school and youth development programs. The curriculum focuses on boys and girls in grades 5-8 and incorporates health education, media literacy and advocacy. The Salvation Army will train youth leaders to facilitate the program and will track the number of corps community centers implementing the program as well as the number of youth served.

National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC):
The NCCHC and NNTPP collaborated on the production of Tobacco Cessation for Correctional Populations: A Health Education Manual, which is designed to both educate individuals on the health effects of tobacco use and help them quit. Together, the NNTPP and NCCHC have sold over 300 manuals nationwide to correctional facilities, nonprofit organizations, private entities, and public health and educational institutions. The development of this manual also strengthened legislation that eventually led to the banning of tobacco use in California state prisons in 2005.
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Research
The NNTPP has conducted two case studies and one focus group study together with other stakeholders:

• Integrating Tobacco Control into The Salvation Army�s Substance Abuse Training Curriculum, authored by The Salvation Army and NNTPP, details the process of assessing the readiness of The Salvation Army facilities to incorporate treatment for nicotine addiction into their alcohol and other drug treatment programs. This case study can serve as a template for other organizations that are interested in introducing a tobacco control component to their work.

• Tobacco Policy, Cessation, and Education in Correctional Facilities, authored by the NCCHC and the NNTPP, describes a pilot initiative designed to study strategies to promote tobacco use policy, education, and cessation within correctional facilities. This case study also highlights useful approaches for organizations interested in similar issues.
• Smoking Habits and Prevention Strategies in Low Socioeconomic Status Populations, a focus group study conducted by the West Virginia University Prevention Research Center and the NNTPP, had the following objectives:
  1) review the social and cultural nuances that support/encourage smoking in low SES populations
  2) identify communications channels most effective in reaching this population with tobacco/cessation messages
  3) tailor prevention messages to reach low SES adults.

All three reports can be downloaded here:

• Integrating Tobacco Control into The Salvation Army�s Substance Abuse Training Curriculum
• Tobacco Policy, Cessation, and Education in Correctional Facilities
• Smoking Habits and Prevention Strategies in Low Socioeconomic Status Populations

Also, reports can be ordered free of charge from the HEC bookstore.

Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM):
The AGRM adapted Tobacco Cessation for Correctional Populations: A Health Education Manual and has been using it in the missions as a cessation component of it�s programs to assist the homeless, substance abusers, and those in job training programs. NNTPP has conducted several trainings on the use of this curriculum in the mission setting at various AGRM conferences and workshops.

National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH):
With technical assistance from the NNTPP, the NCH is conducting a survey of homeless shelters in the Washington, D.C. area to assess their smoking policies and the perceptions of staff and clients of tobacco issues.

Public Health Seattle King County:
King County has been piloting a tool for supporting cessation in agencies serving the homeless, mentally ill, and chemically dependent. They are also starting to pilot the work in low income and transitional housing. NNTPP will assist Public Health Seattle King County in the dissemination of these tools when they are complete.

Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc (RurAL CAP):
RurAL CAP has adapted Tobacco Cessation for Correctional Populations: A Health Education Manual for the Alaskan communities they serve. This adapted version, Tobacco Education & Cessation for Rural Alaskans: A Health Education Manual, is used by AmeriCorps members and facilitators for presentations Statewide.

Policy/Advocacy Initiatives

1. WV DHHR Statement on Harm Reduction
2. WV DHHR Position Statement on clean Indoor Air Regulation
3. NNTPP Policy Statement on SNUS as a harm reduction product
4. NNTPP Letter of Support for Smokefree Movies