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Topic: Expert Advice for Providing Services for Tobacco Users with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. Hosted by the BEA Expert Advisory Committee.
•	April 3: The problem of tobacco use and MI/SUD: Barriers and challenges for treating these populations, spectrum of illness that people seeking treatment are likely to have and how it affects their treatment, why attention to treatment for these populations is so urgent, what the BEA project has found about treatment for people with MI/SUD. Presenters: Chad Morris, PhD, University of Colorado Wendy Bjornson MPH, Oregon Health and Science University Conference Call Materials: • Agenda • Presentations: "The Problem of Tobacco Use MI/SUD" & "Key Findings and Recommendations from the BEA Project" • BEA Resource Guide Summary
•	April 16 & 17: Clinical Solution in Providing Tobacco Dependence Treatment for People with MI/SUD. Importance of the initial assessment, assessing stability and functionality for treatment planning, addressing medication issues, importance of clinic monitoring and referral. Presenters: Eric Heiligenstein MD, University of Wisconsin Gary Tedeschi, PhD, California Smokers' Helpline Conference Call Materials: • Agenda • Presentations: "Clinical Solutions for Providing Tobacco Dependence Treatment for People with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders" & "Treating Persons with MI/SUD on Quitlines"
•	May 1 & 19: Tobacco Free Policy Issues and Adapting Tobacco Treatment Programs. The importance of tobacco free policies for promoting cessation, addressing resistance in mental health and substance use facilities, how programs can be adapted to better serve people with MI/SUD. Presenters: Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry U Mass Memorial Medical Center Janet Smeltz, M.Ed.,LADC-I, M-CTTS Director, Tobacco, Addictions, Policy and Education (TAPE) Project Institute for Health and Recovery Conference Call Materials: • Agenda • Presentations: "Barriers and Solutions to Addressing Tobacco Use in Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Settings" "Tobacco Dependence Treatment Programs and Specialist Training"


•	May 23, 2007 - Innovative Programs for Reaching Multicultural Populations Agenda Engaging the Hispanic Community in Tobacco Cessation Reaching Multicultural Populations through the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline Examples of Radio Ads used to Reach Multicultural Audiences in Oklahoma: Native American (30 seconds) Native American (60 seconds) Hispanic (30 seconds) Hispanic (60 seconds) African-American (30 seconds) African-American (60 seconds) Tobacco Treatment Interventions & Outcomes in a Low-Income Asian Pacific Islander Community
•	April 17, 2007 – Advocating for Medicaid Benefits Agenda Introductions and Overview Advocating for a Medicaid Benefit in Massachusetts Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation in Kentucky Information Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Medicaid and Smoking Cessation (KY)
•	March 20, 2007 - New Initiatives for Reaching Smokers with Mental Illness Agenda Facts about Smoking and Mental Disorders New Initiatives in Colorado Ohio Tobacco Dependence Project Initiatives in New Jersey
•	January 16, 2007 - Increasing Medical Benefits: Strategies for States Agenda You Can Afford to Quit: Medicaid Covers It A Campaign to Promote Medicaid Tobacco Dependence Treatment Benefits in Wisconsin To view and download Wisconsin’s promotional materials go to www.ctri.wisc.edu and click on "Medicaid covers tobacco cessation" under "Latest News" (on the left of the screen) or go directly to http://www.ctri.wisc.edu/HC.Providers/healthcare_medicaid.htm. Massachusetts Medicaid Smoking Cessation Program To view and download Massachusetts’ Medicaid promotional materials go to www.trytostop.org and click on "See our ads" to see print and radio pieces. Provider materials can be found on www.quitworks.org and are accessible with one click (featured on front page of website). Click here to listen to one of the radio ads.
•	October 24, 2006 - Results of the TCLN Survey of Statewide Implementation of Tobacco Cessation Services and a panel discussion of "Where We Are" in state cessation programs. Agenda Quitline Practice in North America TCLN Survey of Statewide Implementation of Tobacco Cessation Services
•	November 21, 2006 - Topic: An update on the Role Health Plans in Tobacco Cessation Agenda Trends in Health Care Benefits The Role Health Plans in NYS Model Cessation Benefits