Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC)

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Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC)

• Formed in 1998 to address youth tobacco cessation
  gaps
• Goal, ensure that every youth tobacco user
  (ages 12-24) has access to appropriate and
  effective cessation interventions by the year
  2010.

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Why Focus on Youth for Tobacco Cessation?

• 25 of high school students smoked a whole
  cigarette before age 13
• Almost 87 of all adult smokers started smoking
  when were teenagers
• 40 of youth indicated interest in receiving help
  to quit smoking
• 3 out of 4 teenage smokers have tried to quit at
  least once -- and failed
• Almost 2 out of 3 youth wish they had never
  started smoking!

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Trends in Adolescent Smoking
High School Students Who Reported Current
Cigarette Smoking, United States, 1991-2001
Smoking 1 or more cigarettes within past 30 days.
Source CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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HP 2010 Goal Increase Tobacco Use Cessation
Attempts by Adolescent Smokers
Ever-daily smokers in grades 9-12 Source CDC,
YRBSS
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YTCC Members

• American Cancer Society
• American Legacy Foundation
• American Lung Association
• Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Cancer Institute
• National Cancer Institute of Canada
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Guide to Youth Cessation

• Based on evidence review of published literature,
  recommendations from researchers, practitioners,
  policymakers, and funders of research
• 2003
• Funded by CDC, CTCRI, NCI, Legacy

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Guide to Youth Cessation

• Why cessation interventions for youth are needed
• Planning tasks for implementing a cessation
  program/intervention
• Guidelines for selecting appropriate
  program/intervention
• Differences among youth that may affect program
  decisions
• Process and outcome evaluation activities

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Process

• CTCRI, CDC, NCI, Legacy determine best
  practices for youth tobacco cessation
• Steve Sussman review of 66 studies (Tobacco
  Induced Diseases 1(1)35-81, 2002)
• YTCC convened evidence review group to expand on
  Sussman review

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Understanding the Evidence for Youth Tobacco
Cessation

• Debbie Wallace, Health Institute for Preventive
  Care - Background on youth cessation research
• Brian Colwell, Texas AM School of Rural Public
  Health Considerations for analyzing evidence
• Catherine Maule, Canadian Tobacco Control
  Research Initiative Future research with
  potential for highest impact
• Cathy Backinger, National Cancer Institute Data
  and reporting needs for future research

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Participants

• Ann Anderson
• Cathy Backinger
• Health Borski
• Suzanne Colby
• Debbie Coleman-Wallace
• Brian Colwell
• Sue Curry
• Josie DAvernas
• Edward Ehlinger
• Pebbles Fagan
• Lisa Gertrudes
• J. Max Gilbert
• Donna Grande
• Dena Gregory
• Dawn Hachey
• Lori Halls
• David Hopkins

• Thomas Houston
• Corrine Husten
• Connie Kohler
• Chris Lavato
• Eva Matthews
• Catherine Maule
• Paul McDonald
• Robin Mermelstein
• Micah Milton
• Cheryl Moyer
• C. Tracy Orleans
• Debbie Ossip-Klein
• Patti Payne
• Karen Siener
• Steve Sussman
• Amber Hardy Thornton
• Merv Ungurain