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
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