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Michael J. Renner, JD, Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, 300 East Braod Street, Suite 310, Columbus, OH 43026, 614-644-1114, mrenner@standohio.org

(Summary) – With declining tobacco control funding, services and process need to be imbedded into systems that already serve Ohioans and which have a similar interest in tobacco use reduction. The state tobacco control agency identified entities who service Ohioans impacted by tobacco use, including programs offered by Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and Ohio Commission on Minority Health (OCMH) which have networks of service delivery to chronic disease patients, and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) and the Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) who deliver services to populations extraordinarily addicted to nicotine. Ohio Hospitals are also targeted to integrate screening and intervention. (Methods) – Strategy: provide grants as “seed funds” to incorporate cessation into the standard programming of other institutions. Hypothesis: once these institutions complete their programming under the grant, the institutions will consider tobacco treatment an indispensable build to their system of care even without outside funding. (Results) – TUPCF grants successfully instituted tobacco cessation services for chronic disease populations served by ODH and OCMH and incorporated tobacco treatment into the in/outpatient services offered in facilities of ODMH and ODADAS. Additional grants are now incorporating 5A interventions into all admissions at select hospitals. These seed grants are successfully changing the delivery systems to include tobacco control as a core service.

Learning Objectives:

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• Identify ways to imbed tobacco control messaging into existing state service already serving effected populations. #2 Uncover ways to coalesce with other government delivery systems who can provide tobacco cessation services to clients, with marginal additional cost, and add benefit to their patients treatments. #3 Homogenize government funded programs with private resources to institutionalize tobacco screening and cessation treatments and extend the reach of state dollars.

Keywords: Health Departments, Tobacco Control

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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