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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Hello Grantees,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The communications team has been working on a suite of communications products to support our strategic policy goals. These products are designed for policy makers, partners and
others who need clear and concise information about comprehensive prevention programming, including methods, approaches, and achievements.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For tobacco prevention and education, the 2013-2015 Legislative Report is now available, and there are a number of products that work with the report or as stand-alone products.
A description of the products and the link to each are below for your reference and review. We will be sending out links to more products soon as they come online. If you have any questions or feedback about how you would like to use the products, please
contact your liaison and/or state communications team ( Holly at <u><span style="color:#4F81BD">Holly.<a href="mailto:Heiberg@state.or.us"><span style="color:#4F81BD">Heiberg@state.or.us</span></a></span></u> and Kati at
<u><span style="color:#4F81BD">Katarina.Moseley@state.or.us</span></u>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Tobacco Prevention and Education: Expanding our Reach for a Healthier Oregon (2013-2015)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">More than 85 percent of funding for Oregon’s Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TPEP) flows directly into communities
working to reduce tobacco-related illness and death across the state. Since TPEP launched in 1997, these locally-driven efforts have helped reduce tobacco consumption and youth smoking in Oregon by more than 50 percent — saving lives and saving money.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tpep_program_report.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tpep_program_report.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">TMSA Factsheets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The majority of Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) funding comes from state taxes on tobacco products. However, in 2013, the
Legislature for the first time directed a portion of funds from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (TMSA) to support tobacco prevention efforts. This $4 million commitment funded:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Community interventions to reduce tobacco use and encourage adults to quit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Health education and communications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Data collection and program evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Training for public health, health care and community partners<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Technical assistance to support community health<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Oregon Tobacco Quit Line, available 24/7 by phone and online<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">These two fact sheets describe some of the concrete outcomes achieved by Oregon’s investment of TMSA money into
tobacco prevention and education programming:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Tobacco retail environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tmsa_retail.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tmsa_retail.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Cessation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tmsa_cessation.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tmsa_cessation.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Finishline case studies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">These four case studies describe how local tobacco prevention and education programs protect Oregonians from the influence of tobacco, and make sure that every Oregonian has a
chance to thrive. Local Programs accomplish this by working together, collaborating across sectors, and sharing local data and best practices to reach the common goal of healthy communities. And by promoting health and wellness through policy decisions and
systems changes that support healthy options for all community members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Baker City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-Baker-CaseStudy_lores.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-Baker-CaseStudy_lores.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Forest Grove<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-ForestGrove-CaseStudy_lores.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-ForestGrove-CaseStudy_lores.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">State Parks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-ParksBeaches-CaseStudy_lores.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-ParksBeaches-CaseStudy_lores.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Warm Springs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-WarmSprings-CaseStudy_lores.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/pubs/OHA-WarmSprings-CaseStudy_lores.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The 2014 Tobacco Cessation Survey Report
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The Public Health Division has assessed the tobacco cessation benefits offered to members of Oregon’s Medicaid program, the Oregon Health Plan. This report summarizes the services
and benefits offered to Medicaid members as reported by each CCO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="https://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tob_cessation_services_2014_survey_report.pdf"><span style="color:blue">https://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/Documents/tob_cessation_services_2014_survey_report.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red">And there is more coming your way soon!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">County tobacco factsheet (updated)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">State retail factsheet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">County retail factsheet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Comprehensive program graphic and animation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Holly Heiberg<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Health Promotion Strategist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 N.E. Oregon Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suite 730<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, OR 97232-2162<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 971-673-2826<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Holly.Heiberg@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">Holly.Heiberg@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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