Tobacco Cessation Policy Podcast

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 us as we talk with the Vermont Department of Health on how they have worked to track and improve tobacco cessation treatment in their state Medicaid program. 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.

Join the American Lung Association as we talk with Micheal Pesko a researcher from Georgia State University as he shares his come of his research on the impact of Medicaid expansion on tobacco cessation. Music attribution: "Creative Commons Hope" by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.  

Native Americans use commercial tobacco at very high rates. This episode explores how Native Americans and the Department of Public Health are working together in Oklahoma to help this population quit commercial tobacco. Music attribution: "Creative Commons" by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association in a conversation with Krystal Weaver, the Vice President of Policy at the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We talk about how pharmacists can expand access to tobacco cessation treatment. Music attribution: "Creative Commons Hope” by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join the American Lung Association in a conversation with Taslim van Hattum, Director, Practice Improvement at the National Council for Behavioral Health as we talk about tobacco cessation in the behavioral health community.  Music attribution: "Creative Commons Hope" by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The American Lung Association explores how one hospital system is integrating tobacco cessation into their workflow. Join us, as we interview Jill Doberstein of Essentia Health, who is implementing innovative changes to improve their patients' quit attempts and help people quit smoking. Music attribution: "Creative Commons Hope" by Yakov Golman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.