UNC Tobacco Treatment Program

11/29/2022

It's ! Please give to TTP if you're able to so we can continue our work implementing comprehensive to***co use treatment services, education and training, and dissemination of resources for promoting to***co-free communities!

Visit:
https://give.communityfunded.com/o/unc-chapel-hill/i/unc-health-foundation/s/to***co-treatment-and-weight-management-program-2022

03/28/2022

Special shoutout to all the amazing social workers on our team! THANK YOU ❤️

Meet the Duke-UNC TTS Training Program’s Social Work Team Whether it’s helping patients access community resources for to***co cessation, providing behavioral counseling, leading to***co treatment programs, or advocating at the state level for anti-to***co policies, behavioral health providers a...

03/28/2022

As April 1st nears, it would be FOOLISH not to tell you about Take Down To***co Day. Created and organized by the Campaign for To***co-Free Kids, Take Down To***co Day is an annual event empowering youth across the nation to engage in anti-to***co advocacy through various individual and group activities. This year, Take Down To***co Day will be held on April 1st. To learn more about the event and activities visit https://www.dukeunctts.com/post/take-down-to***co-day-offers-youths-a-chance-to-advocate-against-big-to***co

Each day more than 1,600 kids under the age of 18 try smoking for the first time. Roughly 235 of those kids go on to become regular, daily smokers. Although tremendous strides have been made to reduce youth to***co and e-cigarette use, the to***co industry continues to entice youth to try their prod...

03/16/2022

!!Attention all to***co treatment professionals, educators, and policy advocates!!

The Association for the Treatment of To***co Use and Dependence (ATTUD) is inviting video entries for a contest spotlighting innovative practices in treatment of to***co use and dependency, treatment provider education, or to***co control policy. Winner will take home $500 and a one-year ATTUD membership, and second place will be awarded $250 and a one-year ATTUD membership. Additionally, the winning videos will be displayed on ATTUD’s website and other to***co control platforms on May 31, 2022, in honor of World No To***co Day. Video entries must be uploaded no later than 5 pm Eastern Standard Time, May 1, 2022. Winners will be announced on May 31, 2022.

For more information on video requirements and entrant eligibility visit https://www.attud.org/attud-wntd-2022-video-contest

The Association for the Treatment of To***co Use and Dependence (ATTUD) is an organization of ni****ne/to***co treatment professionals dedicated to the promotion of and increased access to evidence-based to***co treatment for the ni****ne/to***co user. In observation of 2022 World No To***co Day (WN...

03/09/2022

We'd like to welcome Dr. Kimberly Shoenbill, recently named Director of the To***co Treatment Program and Weight Management Program (TTP/WMP)!

From Shoenbill: “I am thrilled to be chosen to help lead these talented teams at UNC with their long histories of providing excellent, evidence-based care, performing NIH-funded research, leading a national to***co treatment training program, and providing fully interdisciplinary training."

We look forward to having Dr. Shoenbill at the helm of our program!

03/07/2022

Less than one month ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released new lung cancer screening eligibility guidelines that lowers both the minimum age and to***co smoking packs per year for patients to qualify for Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LCDT) screening. By expanding eligibility, more patients will be able to receive this life-saving screening before it’s too late. Cathy Hogan, a Nurse Practitioner and To***co Treatment Specialist at Duke Health, discusses how critical this new expansion is for reducing health disparities in lung cancer diagnosis. Visit https://www.dukeunctts.com/post/cms-releases-new-national-guidelines-for-lung-cancer-screening to learn more.

In February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening. As reported by the CDC, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the second most diagnosed cancer in both me...

02/24/2022

The Center for Black Health and Equity (CBHE) recently released its Health Justice in To***co Control Guide, which explores the complex history of racism in America and complicated relationship between to***co and Black Americans. The CDC reports that African Americans are more likely than white Americans to die from smoking-related diseases, even though they smoke fewer ci******es and start smoking at a later age. Sterling Fulton, the guide’s lead author and Evaluation Director for CBHE, explains that this is no coincidence. To learn more about the Health Justice in To***co Control Guide and to read Sterling Fulton’s full interview visit www.dukeunctts.com/post/new-health-justice-in-to***co-control-guide-released

A new publication from the Center for Black Health and Equity, the Health Justice Guide offers a wealth of resources on understanding to***co use in African Americans and a community model approach to addressing the health disparities it has created “Health equity is the ultimate form of patient-c...

02/08/2022

Early bird gets the discounted worm! Register for the upcoming Duke-UNC To***co Treatment Specialist Training by February 10th and receive $150 off the normal training cost! For more information or to register for this training taking place on March 28th-April 5th, visit our website at https://www.dukeunctts.com/programs

11/30/2021

Today is ! UNC TTP, along with our partners at the Weight Management Program (WMP) have our own fundraising page up through the UNC Health Foundation, who are featuring many other fantastic programs as well today! Please support our programs and pass this link along so that we might continue to positively impact people's lives! Happy !
http://go.unc.edu/THT2021-TTP-WMP

11/18/2021

Today (November 18th) is the Great American Smokeout! We understand that cutting down or quitting smoking is hard. We can help make it easier. Join us and thousands of people who smoke today and make a plan to decrease or quit smoking! What happens when you quit smoking:

• 8 hours after quitting: the carbon monoxide (poisonous gas from smoke) level in your blood drops to normal
• 24 hours after quitting: your chance of heart attack decreases
• 2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: your lung function increases up to 30%
• 1 month after quitting: you will have saved $180 (average savings if you previously smoked 1 pack per day)
• 1 to 9 months after quitting: your coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness, and shortness of breath decreases

Commit to a healthier (& wealthier!) future for yourself and your loved ones! You set the goals and timeline; we provide expert coaching, behavior change counseling, and medication recommendations to make your health goals reachable.

For more information or to start working toward your healthiest, most energetic life, contact the UNC To***co Treatment Program at 984-974-4971 or ttp@med.unc.edu.

To see tips on quitting to***co now, click this link: https://healthtalk.unchealthcare.org/9-strategies-for-quitting-smoking/.

10/19/2021

Stellar work by Leah Ranney, PhD and team, which included TTP members Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and Kristen Jarman, MSPH, who received a three-year, $1.2 million NIH award for the research study "Strengthening Cigar Warnings to Prevent Adolescent Use." The study seeks to improve warnings for less-regulated little ci**rs and cigarillos (LCCs) to help prevent use among youth! Read more at: go.unc.edu/Ranney-LCC-Grant

Leah Ranney, PhD, Director for To***co Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) and team received a three-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) award in the amount of $1.2 million for the research study "Strengthening Cigar Warnings to Prevent Adolescent Use." The study seeks to improve warnings for less-regulated little ci**rs and cigarillos (LCCs) to help prevent use among youth, especially Black/African American youth whose communities these products are typically marketed towards. Read more at UNC Newsroom: https://news.unchealthcare.org/2021/10/ranney-team-receive-1-2-million-nih-grant-to-study-cigar-warnings-for-adolescents/

09/24/2021

Nice work, Susan! Read the UNC's "The Well" article at:
go.unc.edu/9-strategies-to-quit-smoking

Susan Trout, LCSW, MSPH, TTS, associate director of the UNC To***co Treatment Program (TTP), was interviewed by UNC's publication "The Well" for the article "9 strategies to quit smoking." Read the article here:
https://thewell.unc.edu/2021/09/24/9-strategies-to-quit-smoking/
& learn more about TTP's work here: https://www.med.unc.edu/fammed/to***co-treatment-program/

04/23/2021

No fooling- Big To***co uses flavored e-ci******es to addict children and these to***co products continue to drive the youth va**ng epidemic. Our Not On To***co (N-O-T) program seeks to address this growing problem by giving all teens the resources they need to break ni****ne dependency and find healthier outlets. https://on.lung.org/39vJked

04/07/2021

Ni****ne is addictive no matter the delivery method. If someone you know is va**ng, check out this video and contact UNC To***co Treatment (984) 974-4976 or e-mail ttp@med.unc.edu.

Jordon started smoking at 11 years old when he tried his first cigarette and he’s been va**ng multiple times a day for the past several years. Jordon is read...

03/30/2021

A new national curriculum called “Vaping: Know the truth” is meeting an urgent need to help keep America’s youth from starting to use e-ci******es, and offering resources for those who are already va**ng.

03/30/2021

is a va**ng prevention curriculum and quit resource with peer-to-peer, digital instruction that gives young people the facts about e-ci******es. Learn more from Kaiser Permanente Thrive.
https://thrivingschools.kaiserpermanente.org/truth.../

A new national curriculum called “Vaping: Know the truth” is meeting an urgent need to help keep America’s youth from starting to use e-ci******es, and offering resources for those who are already va**ng.

03/24/2021

Although African Americans usually smoke fewer ci******es and start smoking ci******es at an older age, they are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than Whites. Contact UNC-TTP for help becoming to***co free (984) 974-4976 or e-mail ttp@med.unc.edu.