title: From the sidelines to the frontline: how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration embraced smoking cessation.
abstract: Smoking is a major contributor to premature mortality among people with mental illness and substance abuse. Historically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) did not include smoking cessation in its mission. We describe the development of a unique partnership between SAMHSA and the University of California, San Francisco's Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. Starting with an educational summit in Virginia in 2007, it progressed to a jointly sponsored "100 Pioneers for Smoking Cessation" campaign that provided grants and technical assistance to organizations promoting cessation. By 2013, the partnership established 7 "Leadership Academies," state-level multidisciplinary collaboratives of organizations focused on cessation. This academic-public partnership increased tobacco quit attempts, improved collaboration across multiple agencies, and raised awareness about tobacco use in vulnerable populations.
authors.affiliation: Lekshmi Santhosh and Steven A. Schroeder are with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Margaret Meriwether, Catherine Saucedo, Reason Reyes, Christine Cheng, and Brian Clark are with the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California, San Francisco. Doug Tipperman is with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: Lekshmi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santhosh
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meriwether
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saucedo
authors.forename: Reason
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tipperman
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014482:United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution