Special/Priority Populations
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Priority Populations
American
Legacy Foundation Fact Sheets
Fact sheets summarize the impact of smoking and the effects
of tobacco on priority populations. The fact sheets are based
on data from our National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), Legacy
Media Tracking Survey (LMTS) and other surveys and sources.
Eliminating
Tobacco-Related Health Disparities (April 2005)
Identifies critical steps to help reduce tobacco use and its
consequences among underserved populations in the United States.
Published by the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes
of Health.
NCI’s
Bibliography of Tobacco Use and Health Disparities
Unequal
Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Care (March 2002)
Institute of Medicine study to assess the extent of disparities
in the types and quality of health services received by U.S.
racial and ethnic minorities and non-minorities.
- MMWR Reports
- • Health disparities experienced by Black or African Americans (January 2005)
- • Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General (1998)
Making
the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State
Report Card (September 2003)
A comprehensive assessment of women's smoking-related health
conditions and policies that are proven to help reduce smoking
among women and girls by the National Women’s Law Center,
Oregon Health and Sciences University.
Women,
Tobacco, and Cancer: An Agenda for the 21st Century (July
2004)
A report of the National Cancer Institute’s public/private
partnership, Women, Tobacco, and Cancer Working Group.
National
LGBT Communities Tobacco Action Plan (November 2004)
Over 60 LGBT health and tobacco control advocates participated
in the planning process, which yielded five key action steps
for reducing smoking among the LGBT community. Available through
the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium.
NCI’s
Bibliography of Tobacco-Related Literature on Hispanics/Latinos
1990-2001 (February 2002)
Provides a comprehensive list of tobacco-related scientific
literature pertaining to the Hispanic/Latino population.
APPEAL
Factsheets
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership (APPEAL)
is a national network of organizations and individuals working
towards social justice and a tobacco-free Asian American and
Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. These factsheets provide
information on AAPI youth and tobacco, AAPIs and tobacco,
the tobacco settlement, tobacco industry sponsorship, and
AAPI LGBTQIs and tobacco.
Moving
Toward Health: Achieving Parity through Tobacco Control for
All Communities
Developed by the Alliance on Advancing Parity & Leadership
for Priority Populations (Parity Alliance).
National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons Fact Sheets
- Reports of the Surgeon General
- • Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001)
- • Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General (updated July 2000)
CLOSING
THE GAPS: Identifying & Eliminating Tobacco Related Disparities
in Oregon Executive Summary / Oregon (2002)
Prepared by Tobacco Disparities Planning Committee through
the Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (support
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Identifying
& Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities in Indiana:
Executive Summary / Indiana (2003)
Produced by the Indiana Tobacco Use Disparities and Diversity
Workgroup (funded through a supplemental grant provided by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Indiana
State Department of Health).
Youth
Evaluability
of Youth Tobacco Cessation Programs: Report on a Survey Conducted
for the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (2000)
Academy for Educational Development.
CDC
Youth Tobacco Cessation: A guide for Making Informed Decisions
Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Special
Issue on Youth Tobacco Cessation (2003)
A special supplement to the September/October issue of the
American Journal of Health Behavior presents state of the
art on adolescent smoking cessation. Topics include: Youth
Tobacco Cessation: Filling the Gap Between What We Do and
What We Know; The Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative and
National Blueprint for Action; A Comparison of Review Methods
in Tobacco Prevention and Control Guidelines; Application
of a Better Practices Framework to Review Youth Tobacco Use
Cessation; Better Practices for Youth Tobacco Cessation: Evidence
of Review Panel; Recommendations and Guidance for Practice
in Youth Tobacco Cessation; and Improving the Future of Youth
Smoking Cessation.
Childhood
Experimentation High Risk for Smoking (November 2004)
Available in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
journal.
- MMWR Reports
- • Cigarette use among high school students - United States, 1991–2003. MMWR. 2004: 53(23);499–502.
Global
Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
WHO and CDC developed the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
to track tobacco use among youth across countries using a
common methodology and core questionnaire.
N-O-T:
Not on Tobacco
American Lung Association’s school and community based
cessation program.
Pregnancy
Health
& Economic Impact: Smoking Cessation for Pregnant Women
(June 2002)
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet.
National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Action Plan
- MMWR Reports
- • State estimates of neonatal healthcare costs associated with maternal smoking – US 1996 Smoking during pregnancy – US 1990-2002. MMWR highlights Oct. 72004/Vol. 53/No.39
Fact Sheets from the National Partnership to Help Smoker’s Quit
First
5 Community Guide for Supporting Effective Tobacco Cessation
Services / California (August 2003)
Guide from the Center for Health Improvement includes recommendations,
case studies, and sample documents to assist commissions in
their efforts to help pregnant women and parents quit smoking.
Websites:
Smoke-Free
Families
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative that links current
research, innovative models for implementing prenatal smoking
cessation guidelines, and well as information for health care
providers.
National
Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit
A coalition of diverse organizations working together to ensure
that pregnant women are screened for tobacco use and receive
treatment as part of their prenatal care.
Teenquit
Teenquit provides help to teens who want to quit smoking.
Its components include online support for teens in their efforts
to quit smoking while they participate in the Adolescent Smoking
Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco program (ASCENT),
a multifaceted school-based intervention. Funded by the National
Institutes on Drug Abuse.
Publications:
Fisher E, Musick J, et. al. Improving clinic and neighborhood-based smoking cessation services within federally qualified health centers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2005; Vol 7, Suppl 1:S45-56.
Melvin CL, Dolan-Mullen P, Windsor RA, et al. Recommended cessation counseling for pregnant women who smoke: a review of the evidence. Tobacco Control 2000; (Suppl III):iii80-84.
Smoking
and Pregnancy: Research Finding from the Smoke-Free Families
Program (September 2000)
Supplement published by the journal, Tobacco Control.
Helping
Pregnant Women Quit. Smoking: Progress and Future Directions
(April 2004)
Published by the journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Published 2005–2008 · Reviewed 10 August 2026