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Guide
to
Community
Preventive
Services
MMWR Highlights
November
10, 2000 / Vol. 49 / No. 12
Task
Force
on
Community
Preventive
Services | Task
Force
Recommendations | Scientific
Evidence
and
Guidelines
The
Task
Force
on
Community
Preventive
Services
is
a
15-member
non-federal
group
of
national
and
regional
experts
in
public
health,
health
care,
and
health
promotion.
The
task
force
was
convened
by
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
to
provide
leadership
in
the
evaluation
of
community,
population,
and
health
care
system
strategies
to
address
a
variety
of
public
health
and
health
promotion
topics
including
tobacco
use.
Members
include
leaders
from
state
and
local
health
departments,
managed
care
organizations,
and
academia.
The
task
force
is
supported
by
staff
from
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention,
and
a
variety
of
public
and
private
partners.
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Decrease
Tobacco
Use
Initiation.
Postponing
or
preventing
tobacco
use
in
children
and
adolescents
will
decrease
the
number
of
adult
tobacco
users.
- Increasing
the
unit
price
of
tobacco
products
is
strongly
recommended
as
effective
in
reducing
both
initiation
and
the
consumption
of
tobacco
by
adolescents.
- Mass
media
education
campaigns
featuring
long-term,
high
intensity
counter-advertising
are
strongly
recommended
as
effective
for
reducing
tobacco
use
initiation,
particularly
when
combined
with
other
interventions
including
tobacco
price
increases
and
community-
or
school-based
education
programs.
Increase
Tobacco
Use
Cessation.
Tobacco
use
cessation
reduces
tobacco-related
illnesses
and
deaths.
- Increasing
the
unit
price
of
tobacco
products
is
strongly
recommended
as
effective
in
increasing
cessation.
- Mass
media
campaigns
featuring
long-term,
high
intensity
counter-advertising
are
strongly
recommended
as
effective
in
increasing
cessation.
- Tobacco
use
cessation
telephone
counseling
is
strongly
recommended
in
both
clinical
and
community
settings.
Media
campaigns
increase
the
use
of
"quitlines."
- Healthcare
provider
reminder
systems
implemented
alone,
or
in
conjunction
with
provider
education,
are
strongly
recommended
as
effective
in
increasing
cessation.
- Reducing
patient
out-of-pocket
costs
for
effective
cessation
treatments
are
recommended
to
increase
the
total
number
of
patients
who
quit.
Reduce
Exposure
to
Environmental
Tobacco
Smoke.
Reducing
ETS
exposure
will
reduce
secondhand
smoke-related
illnesses
and
deaths
among
nonsmokers.
- Smoking
bans
and
restrictions
(through
policies,
regulations,
and
laws)
are
strongly
recommended
to
effectively
reduce
exposure
to
ETS.
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- Guide
to
Community
Preventive
Services,
developed
by
the
Task
Force
on
Community
Preventive
Services,
provides
an
in-depth
review
of
community
and
healthcare
system
interventions
shown
to
be
effective
in
reducing
tobacco
use
initiation,
increasing
cessation,
and
reducing
exposure
to
environmental
tobacco
use.
- Healthy
People
2010:
Understanding
and
Improving
Health,
developed
by
the
U.S.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
identifies
tobacco
control
as
one
of
the
10
public
health
priorities
for
the
nation
and
provides
21
national
objectives
on
tobacco
control
with
2010
the
target
year
for
achieving
the
goal.
- Reducing
Tobacco
Use:
A
Report
of
the
Surgeon
General2000
provides
an
analysis
of
various
methods
educational,
clinical,
regulatory,
economic,
and
comprehensive
approaches
proven
to
be
effective
in
reducing
tobacco
use.
- Best
Practices
for
Comprehensive
Tobacco
Programs
provides
states
with
recommended
strategies
and
funding
levels
for
effective
programs
to
prevent
and
reduce
tobacco
use,
eliminate
the
publics
exposure
to
secondhand
smoke,
and
identify
and
eliminate
disparities
related
to
tobacco
use
and
its
effects
among
difference
population
groups.
- Treating
Tobacco
Use
and
Dependence:
Clinical
Practice
Guideline
provides
an
in-depth
review
of
clinical
and
health
systems
interventions
proven
to
be
effective
in
helping
smokers
quit.
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Strategies
For
Reducing
Exposure
to
Environmental
Tobacco
Smoke,
Increasing
Tobacco-Use
Cessation,
and
Reducing
Initiation
in
Communities
and
Health-Care
Systems
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