TY - JOUR
T1 - The integration of tobacco dependence treatment and tobacco-free standards into residential addictions treatment in New Jersey
AU - Williams, Jill M.
AU - Foulds, Jonathan
AU - Dwyer, Martha
AU - Order-Connors, Bernice
AU - Springer, Monifa
AU - Gadde, Padma
AU - Ziedonis, Douglas M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported primarily by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Division of Addiction Services through New Jersey's Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program. J.M.W. is also supported, in part, by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (K-DA14009-01) and D.M.Z. is supported, in part, by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (KD1 TI12549-01) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-DA015537 and R01 DA15978-01). The authors thank Anna Kline, PhD, Charles Crowley, and the many addictions professionals throughout New Jersey for their contributions to this project.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - New Jersey was the first state to implement a licensure standard for all residential addiction treatment programs to assess and treat tobacco dependence in the context of entirely tobacco-free facilities (including grounds). A program evaluation of the first year of the policy (2001-2002) assessed the impact on programs, clients, and staff. At 1-year follow-up, all 30 residential programs surveyed provided some tobacco dependence treatment and 50% had tobacco-free grounds. Eighty-five percent of the programs accepted the state's offer to provide free NRT, reaching more than 2,326 clients. Seventy-seven percent of all clients were smokers, and 65% of the smokers reported they wanted to stop or cut down tobacco use. Forty-one percent of the smokers reported that they did not use any tobacco during their entire residential stay. There was no increase in irregular discharges, or reduction in proportion of smokers among those entering residential treatment, compared with prior years. Licensure standards regulation can be an effective mechanism for increasing the quantity and quality of tobacco dependence treatment in residential addictions programs.
AB - New Jersey was the first state to implement a licensure standard for all residential addiction treatment programs to assess and treat tobacco dependence in the context of entirely tobacco-free facilities (including grounds). A program evaluation of the first year of the policy (2001-2002) assessed the impact on programs, clients, and staff. At 1-year follow-up, all 30 residential programs surveyed provided some tobacco dependence treatment and 50% had tobacco-free grounds. Eighty-five percent of the programs accepted the state's offer to provide free NRT, reaching more than 2,326 clients. Seventy-seven percent of all clients were smokers, and 65% of the smokers reported they wanted to stop or cut down tobacco use. Forty-one percent of the smokers reported that they did not use any tobacco during their entire residential stay. There was no increase in irregular discharges, or reduction in proportion of smokers among those entering residential treatment, compared with prior years. Licensure standards regulation can be an effective mechanism for increasing the quantity and quality of tobacco dependence treatment in residential addictions programs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.02.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 15925267
AN - SCOPUS:19544389527
SN - 0740-5472
VL - 28
SP - 331
EP - 340
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
IS - 4
ER -
