Reduction in number of tobacco users in Clermont County

HB 2. Youth All-tobacco/Nicotine Use

Current Value

11.8%

2022

Definition

Data reported from Pride Surveys Report. Participants 7th-12th grade were asked, "During the past 30 days have you used an electronic vapor product?" The percentage of respondants that answered "Yes" are identified in the graph.

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Story Behind the Curve

Contributing Factors (What's helping the trend?):

- Tobacco cessation courses and health education on the risks/long term consequences of tobacco use
- School based education on prevention
- Large scale media campaigns spreading knowledge
- Increased parental knowledge on vaping/tobacco products to create a supportive home environment aimed at prevention

Restricting Factors (What's keeping the trend from improving?):

- Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic restricted program activities, access, and availability
- Increasing popularity of vaping products and misleading, appealing flavors
- Influence of social media and culture (portraying the use of substances as cool)

Equity Issues (What disparities are contributing?):

Racial and ethnic minorities
Socioeconomic status
Geographic region
Gender and sexual orientation minorities
Individuals living with mental illness
Populations of individuals living with disabilities

Partners

Clermont County Public Health

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

Mercy Health

What Works

Evidence-based resources:

Strategies

Mass media campaigns against tobacco use

Tobacco cessation access

School-based tobacco prevention and evaluation intiatives

Activities

Mass media campaign againsht tobacco use

Mass media campaign against tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure (Clermont County Public Health)

Tobacco cessation access

Tobacco cessation therapy affordability (Clermont County Public Health)
Health care provider reminder systems for tobacco cessation (Clermont County Public Health)
Telephonic tobacco cessation programs (tobacco quit lines and text message-based health interventions) (Clermont County Public Health)
Smoking cessation classes (Clermont County Public Health, Mercy Health)
Psychoeducational presentations on tobacco cessation, and tobacco cessation individual therapy sessions offered by certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist (Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services)

School-based tobacco prevention and evaluation initiatives

Botvin’s LifeSkills Training (Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services)
Botvin’s LifeSkills Pre- and Post-Testing tracking changes in Knowledge and Refusal Skills (Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services)
Vaping Intervention Program (V.I.P.) for underage nicotine possession/use (Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services)
Change in knowledge/predicted effect on behavior tracked post-VIP through participant evaluation (Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services)

Policy Development/Enactment/Monitoring

Monitor and support legislation to ban flavoring of tobacco and nicotine products (Clermont County Public Health)