Tobacco Cessation Policy Podcast

Join the American Lung Association and Dana Bourne from the Vermont Department of Health as we talk about technology in tobacco cessation. We talk about the both the potential of technology to improve cessation and pitfalls to avoid. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association for a conversation with Dr. Michael Fiore about the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative or C3I. Learn about the C3I and how community health centers can implement lessons learned. For more information, here are some key resources: the CTRI website, the C3I website, the C3I Roadmap and Dr. Fiore’s article on tobacco cessation being the 4th pillar of cancer care. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association for a conversation with Lara Coughlin about using 1115 waivers and State Plan Amendments (SPAs) to improve cessation coverage in state Medicaid programs. During the podcast we talk about the difference between SPAs and 1115 waivers, and when is best to use each. For more information, please see our healthcare glossary and our factsheet on SPAs and 1115 Waivers. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association for a conversation with Cherline Gene from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Cherline shares about what Massachusetts has done and is doing to help people quit mentholated tobacco products and the importance of contextualizing data. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association for a conversation with Delaney McMath from the Colorado Department of Health. She shares her experience starting out at a Tobacco Control Program and her work with tobacco cessation coverage. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join us for a conversations with two pediatricians from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). We discuss the AAP's Clinical Considerations for treating tobacco use in kids and ways tobacco control programs can use it. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope ” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Please join the American Lung Association for a conversation with Rhode Island about how they have collected tobacco cessation coverage data in their state.  Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope ” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join us for a conversation with Caroline Cranos from Massachusetts, as she shares what Massachusetts has done to allow care extenders, in this case Tobacco Treatment Specialists, to provide cessation treatment. Learn about the important role care extenders can play in tobacco cessation treatment and how their services can be covered. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope ” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join us for a conversation with Tyrone Whitehorse from Utah, as he shares his experience and lessons learned from working with their Insurance Commissioner to get a bulletin on tobacco cessation coverage. For more information on insurance bulletins, please check out our toolkit on lung.org/cessationTA. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join us for a conversation with the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS). We talk about ways states can use CDC’s 6ǀ18 initiative framework to create a partnership between state Medicaid programs and Public Health Departments. To access various CHCS resources discussed in the podcast, visit https://www.618resources.chcs.org/ and collab.chcs.org. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association for a conversation with the Colorado Department of Health on how they are working with their Medicaid program to collect tobacco cessation treatment utilization data. Learn how the state has been successful in collecting these data and how they are using them. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

During the pandemic, healthcare providers had to quickly shift most of their care to telehealth. Join the Lung Association as we talk with Margaret Antenucci about how she works with patients to help them quit tobacco during the COVID-19 pandemic. Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association for a conversation about assessing cessation coverage in health plans with Rhode Island and Washington.  Music attribution: “Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.