Mental Illness Awareness Week Kicks Off October 1
Juneau County-Mental Illness Awareness Week is October 1-7, 2017. South Central Wisconsin Tobacco Free Coalition is commemorating the event by raising awareness of the terrible toll tobacco takes on the mentally ill in Wisconsin.
“Tobacco use in this population needs to be addressed if we want to continue to reduce the negative impact tobacco has in Juneau County,” said Tara Noye. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in three people with a mental illness smoke, or 33%, compared to the state rate of 17%.
The Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) helps behavioral health providers integrate tobacco cessation into the care that they provide. Over the last decade, the program has met with treatment centers throughout Wisconsin and is currently considered a national leader in the effort to treat tobacco addiction alongside mental health or substance use disorder issues.
South Central Wisconsin Tobacco Free Coalition encourages all individuals who use tobacco, regardless of mental health status, to call the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free help with quitting tobacco.
Behavioral health providers looking for more information on integrating cessation into their health system should visit wiquitline.org and click on “Behavioral Health” under “Providers.” Also, David Macmaster of WiNTiP will speak in Mauston on November 6th at 4 PM at the Mauston High School Auditorium about integrating tobacco cessation into substance abuse treatment. This is a free event for the public and interested providers sponsored by South Central Wisconsin Tobacco Free Coalition.
Contributed by Tara Noye
Source: WRJC.com
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