Cuyahoga County Board of Health Receives Over $700,000 to Continue Tobacco Control Programs
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health through the work of the Cuyahoga County Comprehensive Partnership for Tobacco Reduction (the Partnership) announced March 9 they are the recipients of funding for local tobacco control programs from the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF). This new grant will continue to fund high quality prevention and cessation assistance services throughout Cuyahoga County. An official check presentation was held at Lakewood Hospital on Monday, March 12 at 10:30am.
The Partnership will receive funding through December 2007 totaling $717,438 to continue tobacco control programming. According to the 2003-2005 Cuyahoga County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey there are areas in the City of Cleveland that have a current tobacco usage rate of 36.5%, well above the state (25.9%) and national rate (20.9%)
“If it were not for the support of our State lawmakers, we would not be able to continue these programs that impact so many lives in a positive way,” said Terry Allan, Commissioner for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. “These funds show the Ohio Legislature’s commitment to reducing the negative impact of tobacco on the health or wealth of the state. Programs like ours have played a significant role in Ohio’s changing culture and the reduction of tobacco use, especially in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.”
OTPF’s grants support tobacco use prevention and cessation services in local communities statewide. The 50 community grants recently awarded by the OTPF Board of Trustees totals over $12 million and are for one year.
Lakewood Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic regional hospital, was chosen as the host for this check presentation. The hospital has shown a strong commitment by providing smoking cessation programs to the community, such as the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking Adult Cessation Program, since 1999. In addition, the Cleveland Clinic Health System implemented a smoke-free campus policy on July 4, 2005.
Since 2002, Lakewood Hospital’s Freedom From Smoking program has been supported by grants received from the Cuyahoga County Board of Health through the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation. This year the hospital’s grant award was increased due to the continued success of Freedom From Smoking program over the years.
“We are dedicated to health, wellness and the prevention of disease,” says Jack Gustin, president of Lakewood Hospital. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking and second-hand smoke are the country's most preventable causes of death contributing to more than 440,000 deaths each year. I am proud to say that Lakewood Hospital has made it apart of its mission to help those who need assistance in improving their health by quitting smoking through vital programs like Freedom From Smoking. Thanks to our highly skilled and passionate health care providers like Mary Ann Marsal, who started and continues to offer the hospital’s smoking cessation classes, we have helped improve the quality of life of many over the last eight years.”
About the Cuyahoga County Comprehensive Partnership for Tobacco Reduction
The Partnership is comprised of over 15 agencies that come together to serve the residents of Cuyahoga County with youth prevention activities, like stand Teams, curriculum delivery in the schools, and high quality adult cessation programming for free or at low-cost at various locations throughout the county. In addition to these critical programs, the partnership incorporates crucial surveillance and evaluation of programming to ensure the effectiveness and need of the project’s activities in the target areas.
About the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF)
The Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF) was created by the Ohio General Assembly in 2000 and is funded with monies secured from the national Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between tobacco companies and 46 states. OTPF is charged with reducing tobacco use among Ohioans, with an emphasis on youth, minority, and regional populations, pregnant women and others who may be disproportionately affected by the use of tobacco. OTPF programs include the distribution of community grants, the operation of the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE at 1-800-QUIT-NOW, and stand, Ohio’s tobacco use counter-marketing campaign. For more information on OTPF, go to www.otpf.org. Or visit OTPF’s youth web site at www.standonline.org or the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE web site at www.ohioquits.com.
Lakewood Hospital Hosts Official Check Presentation for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health Who Received Over $700,000 to Continue Tobacco Control Programs
left to right:
Nickie J. Antonio, Council member at large, City of Lakewood, Senator Dale Miller, Jack Gustin, president of Lakewood Hospital, Terry Allan, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Mary Ann Marsal, Respiratory Therapist and coordinator of Tobacco Reduction program, "Freedom from Smoking" at Lakewood Hospital, Dottie Buckon, director of Human Services, City of Lakewood.
The Partnership will receive funding through December 2007 totaling $717,438 to continue tobacco control programming. According to the 2003-2005 Cuyahoga County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey there are areas in the City of Cleveland that have a current tobacco usage rate of 36.5%, well above the state (25.9%) and national rate (20.9%)
“If it were not for the support of our State lawmakers, we would not be able to continue these programs that impact so many lives in a positive way,” said Terry Allan, Commissioner for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. “These funds show the Ohio Legislature’s commitment to reducing the negative impact of tobacco on the health or wealth of the state. Programs like ours have played a significant role in Ohio’s changing culture and the reduction of tobacco use, especially in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.”
OTPF’s grants support tobacco use prevention and cessation services in local communities statewide. The 50 community grants recently awarded by the OTPF Board of Trustees totals over $12 million and are for one year.
Lakewood Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic regional hospital, was chosen as the host for this check presentation. The hospital has shown a strong commitment by providing smoking cessation programs to the community, such as the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking Adult Cessation Program, since 1999. In addition, the Cleveland Clinic Health System implemented a smoke-free campus policy on July 4, 2005.
Since 2002, Lakewood Hospital’s Freedom From Smoking program has been supported by grants received from the Cuyahoga County Board of Health through the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation. This year the hospital’s grant award was increased due to the continued success of Freedom From Smoking program over the years.
“We are dedicated to health, wellness and the prevention of disease,” says Jack Gustin, president of Lakewood Hospital. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking and second-hand smoke are the country's most preventable causes of death contributing to more than 440,000 deaths each year. I am proud to say that Lakewood Hospital has made it apart of its mission to help those who need assistance in improving their health by quitting smoking through vital programs like Freedom From Smoking. Thanks to our highly skilled and passionate health care providers like Mary Ann Marsal, who started and continues to offer the hospital’s smoking cessation classes, we have helped improve the quality of life of many over the last eight years.”
About the Cuyahoga County Comprehensive Partnership for Tobacco Reduction
The Partnership is comprised of over 15 agencies that come together to serve the residents of Cuyahoga County with youth prevention activities, like stand Teams, curriculum delivery in the schools, and high quality adult cessation programming for free or at low-cost at various locations throughout the county. In addition to these critical programs, the partnership incorporates crucial surveillance and evaluation of programming to ensure the effectiveness and need of the project’s activities in the target areas.
About the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF)
The Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF) was created by the Ohio General Assembly in 2000 and is funded with monies secured from the national Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between tobacco companies and 46 states. OTPF is charged with reducing tobacco use among Ohioans, with an emphasis on youth, minority, and regional populations, pregnant women and others who may be disproportionately affected by the use of tobacco. OTPF programs include the distribution of community grants, the operation of the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE at 1-800-QUIT-NOW, and stand, Ohio’s tobacco use counter-marketing campaign. For more information on OTPF, go to www.otpf.org. Or visit OTPF’s youth web site at www.standonline.org or the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE web site at www.ohioquits.com.
Lakewood Hospital Hosts Official Check Presentation for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health Who Received Over $700,000 to Continue Tobacco Control Programs
left to right:
Nickie J. Antonio, Council member at large, City of Lakewood, Senator Dale Miller, Jack Gustin, president of Lakewood Hospital, Terry Allan, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Mary Ann Marsal, Respiratory Therapist and coordinator of Tobacco Reduction program, "Freedom from Smoking" at Lakewood Hospital, Dottie Buckon, director of Human Services, City of Lakewood.
Volume 3, Issue 6, Posted 4:19 PM, 03.14.2007
