CEASE: A Clinical and Community Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure

11/18/2022

A recent study by the CEASE team and colleagues in San Francisco suggests that e-cigarette users are initiating use at younger ages, and a higher percentage of adolescents are using them within 5 minutes of waking.

07/28/2022

CEASE study team members from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP & Shannon Kelleher, MPH, discuss the benefits of using pediatric visits as an opportunity to promote smoking cessation amongst parents in this Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics blog post. By utilizing motivational messages informed by behavioral science and modifying the child's electronic health record to automatically connect parents to smoking cessation treatments, these researchers are designing a powerful CEASE intervention to help more parents quit smoking.

This blog explores the ways in which pediatric settings can be used to support the health of parents and children by combatting to***co use.

05/04/2022

San Diego Council passed the SAAFE Act last week, which will ban the sale of flavored to***co products in the city starting January 1st, 2023. This op-ed from Times of San Diego highlights research from CEASE’s Jonathan Winickoff, MD, who disputed claims that the ordinance would lead teens to smoke traditional ci******es instead.

If the City Council approves the SAAFE Act, an end to the sale of addictive flavored to***co products in San Diego will be within reach. That will be a relief for school districts, youth-serving organizations, health practitioners, and parents.

04/29/2022

Exciting news from the FDA––they’ve proposed a nationwide ban on menthol ci******es and flavored ci**rs! This landmark legislation could both discourage new smokers and help adult smokers quit.

The US Food and Drug Administration proposed on Thursday a rule to ban menthol ci******es and flavored ci**rs.

04/14/2022

CEASE’s Jonathan Winickoff, MD and his team refuted a study from San Francisco claiming that e-cigarette flavor bans would lead to more teens smoking traditional ci******es. They found out that the data were collected before enforcement of the San Francisco flavor ban started, invalidating the result.

Although a study of San Francisco reported youth smoking increasing following a ban on flavored to***co sales in that city, a closer analysis indicates data on youth smoking were collected before the ban was enforced. The research team also examined data from Oakland, California, after a flavor ban....

04/07/2022

A recent article from The Boston Globe featuring CEASE’s Jonathan Winickoff, MD describes why it is so difficult for teens to stop va**ng. Enforcing FDA guidelines, banning flavors, and lowering ni****ne concentrations in e-ci******es could all be helpful to both improve cessation among current users and lessen the chance that more students start va**ng.

Many teens are increasingly struggling with ni****ne addiction, largely from va**ng e-ci******es, scientists say.

03/25/2022

A recent The New York Times article confirms that teen va**ng is still on the rise despite stricter regulations from the FDA.

Sales are rising of flavored e-ci******es using synthetic ni****ne that evades regulatory oversight, a gap that lawmakers are now trying to close.

03/07/2022

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and San Diego State University reveal a troubling reality: children can still be exposed to to***co smoke if they do not live with smokers. Even in the absence of secondhand smoke exposure, researchers found elevated ni****ne residue on children’s hands, likely lingering in homes from previous tenants. These results support stricter smoking protection measures in the children’s living environments, which would reduce thirdhand smoke exposure for both current and future tenants.

This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of and income-related disparities associated with exposure to thirdhand smoke among children.

04/07/2021

CEASE researcher, Dr. Olivier Drouin, discusses the implications of his new study published in JAMA Network Open. "Dr. Drouin and his colleagues are currently working on a program inspired by CEASE and which could be rolled out at Sainte-Justine University Hospital. In addition to smoking, the program will cover lifestyle habits such as physical activity, sleep, diet and screen time."

Une approche déployée aux États-Unis et qui pourrait bientôt être adoptée au Québec semble à la fois efficace et rentable quand vient le temps de convaincre les parents d’arrêter de fumer, démontre une étude à laquelle a participé un médecin du CHU Sainte-Justine.

04/02/2021

New paper from MassGeneral Hospital for Children researchers shows delivering smoking cessation treatments to parents in pediatric offices is cost-effective, highlighting the CEASE: A Clinical and Community Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure program's potential benefit to population health if deployed broadly. Mass General Research Institute; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School; The Mongan Institute

This economic evaluation examines the cost-effectiveness of a parental smoking cessation intervention delivered in pediatric primary care, compared with usual care, from a health care organization’s perspective.

11/07/2020

New paper alert! Jeremy Drehmer and the Massachusetts General Hospital ***co research team highlight light smoking is common and causes significant health risks. Widely used treatment guidelines lack specific recommendations for light smokers. The CEASE intervention increased assistance provided to light smoking parents. 50 days free access: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c1R16gdZRnk68 MassGeneral Hospital for Children

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09/22/2020

The CEASE program supports smoke-free places to protect everyone from the harmful effects of secondhand and thirdhand smoke! Check out this great PSA by Musicians for a Smokefree Nashville!

Musicians are the beating heart of Nashville. We are the city's entertainers and storytellers. We are the city’s waiters, cooks, and bartenders, and we are a...