title: Promoting smoke-free environments and tobacco cessation in residential treatment facilities for mental health and substance addictions, Oregon, 2010.
abstract: We assessed tobacco-related policies and procedures at all state-funded, community-based residential mental health and substance addiction treatment facilities before implementation of new state policy requirements. We conducted telephone interviews with 162 of 166 (98%) facility administrators. Only 15% had voluntarily implemented 100% smoke-free campus policies, and 47% offered cessation resources at patient discharge; however, less than 10% expressed opposition to these future requirements. Smoking bans and cessation support in residential treatment facilities can reduce tobacco-related disparities among people with mental illness and addictions, but states may need to be the catalyst for policy implementation.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Public Health Division, Program Design and Evaluation Services, 827 NE Oregon St, Suite 250, Portland OR 97232, USA. linda.drach@state.or.us
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Drach
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Cathryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cushing
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romoli
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008603:Mental Health; D009922:Oregon / Q000453:epidemiology; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012114:Residential Treatment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution