January 2008
Kick-off event introduces new service model that links recovery with reduction, elimination of tobacco use
—by Paul M. Kubek
The State of Ohio's commitment to helping people with severe mental disorders and substance use disorders reduce and eliminate the use of harmful tobacco products entered a new phase on December 7, 2007 with the Tobacco Cessation Kick-Off Event, which was held at Southeast, Inc., a community-based behavioral health care organization in Columbus. The Kick-Off was designed to introduce community-based and hospital-based behavioral health care organizations to a new service model being designed and disseminated by the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The model is being implemented in partnership with the Ohio Advocates for Mental Health (OAMH). . . .
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