T.A.T.U. Stipend!!:

The American Lung Association of WV has received funds to provide 100 dollar stipend to trained T.A.T.U. facilitators. Please note that these stipends will be given based on the availability of funds and facilitators will have to meet criteria.

 

T.A.T.U. Training

 

Please contact your local Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialist for possible T.A.T.U. training at Regional Raze On.

 

To all T.A.T.U. Facilitators when you conduct Teen T.A.T.U. trainings, remember to fill out not only the Mini-grant request, but the TIPS manuals request as well. Each teen receives a manual at training and the form can be obtained on the web.

 

The American Lung Association and Youth Empowerment Team will once again be providing $500 stipends to Raze Adult Advisors. You will receive you contract and stipend request form at your local Raze Adult Advisor training provided by your Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialist. You will also receive a $50 Wal-Mart Card at the training to use to purchase any commotion supplies that your crew may need. Please complete you contract, stipend requests, and W-9 Forms and return them to the American Lung Association in order to receive your first stipend check.

 

Long-term tobacco use can dull thinking

http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=35052

 

 New York: Long-term tobacco use can dull a person's thinking ability and bring down IQ, according to a new study conducted by a research team of the University of Michigan.

The association between long-term smoking and reduced mental ability in 172 alcoholic and non-alcoholic men was a surprising finding from the study that aimed to examine alcoholism's long-term effect on the brain and thinking skills, a release said.

While the study confirmed previous findings that alcoholism is associated with diminished mental proficiency, the analysis also revealed that long-term smoking leads to similar results too.

The findings are the first to suggest a direct relationship between smoking and neuro-cognitive function among men with alcoholism. The results suggest smoking is associated with diminished thinking ability even among men without alcohol problems.

The new findings, released online before their publication in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal, were made by a team from the university medical school's addiction research centre and their colleagues at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and Michigan State University.

Jennifer Glass, lead author of the papers, cautioned that the findings need to be duplicated by other studies before any conclusions are made about the effect of smoking on the brain, or before the findings can be considered relevant to women.

She, however, said the findings should prompt alcoholism researchers to re-examine their data for any impact from smoking - a factor that is not usually taken into account in studies of alcoholism's effects on the brain, despite the fact that 50 to 80 percent of alcoholics smoke.

"We can't say that we've found a cause-and-effect relationship between smoking and decreased thinking ability, or neuro-cognitive proficiency," Glass was quoted as saying.

"But we hope our findings of an association will lead to further examination of this important issue. Perhaps it will help give smokers one more reason to quit, and encourage quitting smoking among those who are also trying to control their drinking."

Co-author Robert Zucker said: "The exact mechanism for smoking's impact on the brain's higher functions is still unclear, but may involve both neuro-chemical effects and damage to the blood vessels that supply the brain.

 

 West Virginia Tobacco Educational Materials Clearinghouse:

 

The Tobacco Preventive Program Clearinghouse was formed in January 2001 with a grant between the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Division of Tobacco Prevention, and the West Virginia Library Commission.

 

Free educational materials are distributed through tobacco prevention specialists, a variety of health care personnel and interested agencies and their staffs.

 

On request, the clearinghouse can make a faxable materials order form available with a complete listing of our available items, and info. Also, a sample packet of information can be sent to you if you are interested in what is available for your particular needs.  There are restrictions of the quantity of materials that can be ordered at one time.

 

Our new coordinator there at the Library Commission is Melody Kelly and her e-mail is:  kelley@wvlc.lib.wv.us. You can also call the Library at 800-642-9021 Ext. 8.

 

  Ad Agency that Created Marlboro Man Goes Smoke free

Leo Burnett pushes cigarettes, but prohibits them for employees

 

Parts excerpted from Crain's, 10/14/05

 

CHICAGO, 10/14/05 -- Trevor Shorey, art director at Leo Burnett advertising agency, lights up outside the agency's Chicago headquarters because he can't smoke at his desk anymore.

 

The Chicago ad agency that created the Marlboro Man is extinguishing a long tradition:  Smoking in the office was once commonplace at the agency, which has counted tobacco, giant Philip Morris as a client since 1954. Employees who didn't welcome the whiff of a Marlboro were issued desktop ventilation machines or no-smoking signs to warn others against puffing nearby.

 

But since July, smokers like Mr. Shorey have had to go outside or to one of five smoking rooms spread among the agency's 30 floors.  Burnett's new policy was adopted simply for easier enforcement, the spokeswoman says.

An industry icon since 1935, the agency once followed in the free-spirited footsteps of its founder, former staffers say. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a photo of Leo without a cigarette in his mouth," recalls one.

Mr. Shorey, who works on the Nintendo account, doesn't mind going outside to smoke, but says: "Some people think it's kind of two-faced. We advertise the products but we can't smoke openly in the building anymore."

 

Even with its limited smoking areas — one is a bar on the 21st floor — the Burnett Building may soon be one of the last public places where one can take a drag.  Chicago official Ed Smith and anti-cancer groups are pushing for the city to clear the air in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars.

"I don't know of any office that allows smoking," says Ron Taylor, director of workplace solutions for the American Cancer Society.

To win smokefree air where you live, go to http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php

 

 Incentives: 

   

Mini-Grants

Need help getting started?  The T.A.T.U. program offers $100.00 mini-grants to program facilitators.  Just complete and submit a Mini-grant form on-line or call us for more information.

 

TIPS Manuals

You can now order your TIPS Manuals on-line.  Simply complete the TIPS Manual Order Form and submit electronically.  We will process your request upon receipt.

 

Please visit us online at www.alawv.org and click on the T.A.T.U. logo to order your mini-grants and TIPS manuals.

 

Free Technical Assistance! Points of contacts are:

 

T.A.T.U. Program Manager Patty Hughes, American Lung Association of WV

Patty@alawv.org ; www.alawv.org, (304) 342-6600 or 1-800-LUNG-USA

 

 

Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialists

 

RESA I: Lori McGraw, (304) 256-4712 x331

 

RESA II: For Assistance contact Keith Dalton  (304) 529-6205

 

RESA III: Cybele Boehm, (304) 766-7655 x114

          

RESA IV: Cheri Hall, (304) 872-6440 x19

           

RESA V: Rick Deen (304) 485-6513 x 122

 

RESA VI: Caryn Puskarich (304) 231-3816

 

RESA VII: Adrianne Marsh,  (304) 624-6554 x 238

 

RESA VIII: Donna Kuhn, (304) 257-2641