State Leadership Academies to reduce cigarette smoking among people with behavioral health conditions in the United States.

Objective: Smoking is concentrated in behavioral health populations in the United States, calling for efforts to increase access to cessation services.

Methods: Between 2010 and 2023, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) implemented state Leadership Academies-a facilitated summit of public health leaders and community champions charged with developing an action plan to address smoking in their state. Using a multi-methods approach, we evaluated state Leadership Academies using the RE-AIM framework.

Reducing tobacco use in substance use treatment: An intervention to promote tobacco-free grounds.

Background: People in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment experience disproportionate rates of tobacco use. California has prioritized smoking cessation among these individuals through the Tobacco-Free for Recovery Initiative, which includes an intervention aimed at supporting programs in implementing tobacco-free grounds. The current study examined changes in client smoking prevalence, tobacco use behaviors, and receipt of cessation services among the first seven programs participating in the initiative.

The Medi-Cal Incentives to Quit Smoking Project: Impact of Statewide Outreach Through Health Channels.

Introduction: Little is known about how incentives may encourage low income smokers to call for quitline services. This study evaluates the impact of outreach through health channels on California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) quitline caller characteristics, trends, and reach.

Study Design: Longitudinal study.

Addressing anniversary reactions of trauma through group process: the Hurricane Katrina anniversary wellness workshops.

Natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States in the summer of 2005, have highlighted the need to develop effective post-trauma psychotherapeutic intervention strategies, not only to deal with the immediate psychological aftermath of trauma, but also the long-term effects of anniversary reactions. Governmental responses to Hurricane Katrina relief were greatly criticized for disorganization and delay. Both immediately afterwards and in ensuing months, people's life needs often were not addressed.

Randomized multicenter trial documenting the efficacy and safety of a lactose-free and a lactose-containing formula for term infants.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new lactose-free infant formula.

Design: Randomized, prospective, double-blind, controlled, outpatient, multicenter, parallel 12-week trial.

Setting: Ambulatory-care facilities of the participating centers.