This 90 minute session will present findings from four chartbooks recently produced by Impacteen; A Policy Research Partnership to Reduce Youth Substance Use, a Robert Wood Johnson-funded project. Impacteen is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional project to evaluate the relative effectiveness of policy initiatives and environmental changes to reduce alcohol, illicit drug and tobacco use among adolescents. Collectively, these chartbooks summarize many existing ATOD policies in the U.S. that affect youth behavior. Data on recent trends in state legislation on drug and alcohol control and attitudes toward tobacco policies and interventions, as well as a description of tobacco retailer environments, will be presented. Each presenter also will discuss the relationships between ATOD policy and youth behavior, and outline recommendations for future policy changes applicable to communities and states worldwide seeking to reduce youth ATOD use.
The session format will be the following:
Moderator: Dianne Barker
1. (Introduction--no abstract) Overview of ImpacTeen and its Collaborators Moderator: Dianne C. Barker 10 minutes
2. Alcohol Policies Across the U.S.: Highlights from 50 States Presenter: Eileen Harwood 17 minutes
3.A Policy Continuum in State Approaches to Drug Control: From High Deterrence to Medicalization And Scheduling Changes Presenter: Duane McBride 17 minutes
4. State-specific Trends in Tobacco Use, Attitudes, and Interventions in the 1990s: Data from the National Cancer Institute’s Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplements Presenter: Gary Giovino 17 minutes
5. American Retail Approaches to Tobacco Access and Enforcement: Physical Environments And Informal Policies and Practices Presenter: Anna Sandoval 17 minutes
6. Discussion 12 minutes
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See www.uic.edu/orgs/impacteenLearning Objectives: 1. To understand trends in state alcohol and drug laws, perceptions of tobacco policies and interventions, and tobacco retailer environments. 2. To discuss the relationship between ATOD policies and youth ATOD behavior. 3. To articulate potential policy changes at the state and community level to decrease youth ATOD behavior.
Keywords: Adolescents, Substance Abuse
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