Promoting smoke-free environments and tobacco cessation in residential treatment facilities for mental health and substance addictions, Oregon, 2010

Prev Chronic Dis. 2012:9:E23. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Mental Health*
  • Oregon / epidemiology
  • Organizational Policy*
  • Residential Facilities*
  • Residential Treatment / organization & administration*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Smoking Cessation / methods*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / adverse effects
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / prevention & control

Substances

  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution