Toolkits and Resources
Policymaker Outreach Toolkit (PDF 668 KB)
This toolkit includes essential information that can help you be successful in advocating for and developing policies. The information and materials were created for the You Have the Power: Achieving Success in the Political Process through Effective Communication with Elected Officials; and The Power of Policy: Advancing Chronic Disease Prevention and Control workshops conducted by the Washington State Department of health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and Healthy Communities Washington Initiative, in coordination with the Washington Healthy Communities Resource Center in the Fall of 2009. The information in the toolkit is designed to give you basic guidelines on how to educate decision makers, policymakers, and state elected officials of the benefits of your local tobacco prevention programs as well as any relevant policy proposals. With the current budget crisis, policymakers more than ever have competing priorities, so being clear and strategic about your time with policymakers has never been more important.
Additional Resource: Health Policy Guide, TTAC and Center for Health Improvement
Addressing Tobacco Use in Addictions Treatment Toolkit
Articles & Research
- Addressing tobacco use through organizational change: a case study of an addiction treatment organization (PDF 140 KB)
- Sample Tobacco-Free Policy (Addiction Treatment Center) (PDF 84 KB)
- Smoking and mental illness: results from population surveys in Australia and the United States (PDF 885 KB)
- A Meta-Analysis of Smoking Cessation Interventions With Individuals in Substance Abuse Treatment or Recovery (PDF 160 KB)
- Targeting Nicotine Addiction in a Substance Abuse Program (NIDA) (PDF 224 KB)
- Does Cigarette Smoking Cause Stress? (PDF 276 KB)
Lesson Plans
- Facilitating a Tobacco Awareness Group (Tobacco Recovery Resource Exchange) (PDF 485 KB)
- Learning About Healthy Living (Jill Williams, MD) (PDF 4.59 MB)
Handouts & Forms
- Tobacco Cessation Counseling Guidesheet (PDF 32 KB)
- Drug Interactions With Smoking (PDF 56 KB)
- The Quitting Process: Experiential and Behavioral Strategies (PDF 48 KB)
- Withdrawal Symptoms Information Sheet (PDF 52 KB)
- Pharmacologic Product Guide: FDA - Approved Medications (PDF 124 KB)
- Assessment of Tobacco Dependence (PDF 144 KB)
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance - Informational Brochure (PDF 2.35 MB)
- Washington Quit Line Fax Referral Form
- Washington Quit Line Fax Referral Instructions
Toolkits
- Bringing Everyone Along - Resource Guide for health professionals providing tobacco cessation services for people with mental illness and substance use disorders (Jan/2008) (PDF 1.28 MB)
- Bringing Everyone Along - Resource Guide Supplement - Case studies for integrating tobacco dependence treatment and treatment for mental illness and substance use disorders (July/2009) (PDF 230 KB)
- Smoking Cessation for Persons with Mental Illnesses - A Toolkit for Mental Health Providers (updated Jan/2009) (PDF 620 KB)
- Tobacco-Free Living in Psychiatric Settings - A Best-Practices Toolkit Promoting Wellness and Recovery, National Association of State Mental Health Programs Directors (July/2007) (PDF 257 KB)
- Tobacco Treatment for Persons with Substance Use Disorders - A Toolkit for Substance Abuse Treatment Providers
Addressing Tobacco Use in Addictions Treatment Through Organizational Change - 2009/2010 training presentation [Power Point Slides 9.98 MB]
Tobacco Recovery Resource Exchange - Resources and online training on integrating tobacco use interventions into chemical dependency services.