The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI) is pleased to share developed reports and presentations highlighting projects that have been implemented.

Tobacco Prevention: Statewide Success Stories

The statewide Tobacco Prevention Services initiative includes strategies implemented by the Center for Tobacco Independence and District Tobacco Prevention Partners  across three focus areas: prevention of youth initiation; reducing exposure to secondhand smoke; and promotion of tobacco treatment through the Maine QuitLink. The following stories highlight strategies implemented between 2017 and 2022 to address tobacco use and exposure in Maine.

• Maine Tobacco Prevention Program Protects Young Children with Smoke-Free Childcare Policies
• Shaping the Built Environment to Reduce Tobacco Effects
• Supporting Tobacco Retailers to Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco
• Tobacco Prevention Works: Use by Maine Teens is Declining!
• Understanding Tobacco Use Among New Mainers – Needs Assessments: AK Health and Social Services; Capital Areas New Mainers Project; Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services; and Portland Public Health 
• Understanding Tobacco Use Among Veterans – Needs Assessment: Veterans Services Organization Assessment Report and Summary Presentation

Quarterly Tobacco Prevention Infrastructure Reports

Statewide Report (July – September 2022)

Public Health District Level Reports (July – September 2022):

• Aroostook Public Health District
• Central Public Health District
• Cumberland Public Health District
• Downeast Public Health District
• Midcoast Public Health District
• Penquis Public Health District
• Wabanaki Tribal Public Health District
• Western Public Health District
• York Public Health District

To receive copies of past Quarterly Tobacco Prevention Infrastructure Reports, please email [email protected].

Tobacco Prevention: Community Success Stories

Prevention of Initiation of Youth Tobacco Use

• Community-Wide Focus in St. George (Knox County Community Health Coalition, July – September 2022)
• Cony Key Club Educates 7th, 8th Grade (Healthy Communities of the Capital Area, April – June 2022)
• Creating a Smoke-Free Community: Berwick Parks and Recreation (Partners for Healthier Communities, July – September 2022)
• Engaging Young New Mainers (Portland Public Health, April – June 2022)
• GSTA & LGBTQ+ Youth Tobacco Prevention Focus Groups and Surveys (OUT Maine, April – June 2022)
• LGBTQ+ Youth Tobacco Prevention Project (OUT Maine, July – September 2022)
• Maine Prevention Services Grantees Collaborate for Greater Reach (Mid Coast Hospital, April – June 2022)
• Noble High School and Partners for Healthier Communities Collaborate to Prevention Youth Vaping (Partners for Healthier Communities, April – June 2022)
• Portland’s City-Wide Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Goes Into Effect (Portland Public Health, April – June 2022)
• Resiliency in Collaborative Prevention (Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, July – September 2022)
• Retail Assessments in “The County” Propel Policy Success (Aroostook County Action Program, July – September 2022)
• Somerset Woods Trustees Goes Smoke and Tobacco Free (Somerset Public Health, July – September 2022)
• Supporting Organizations that Support New Mainers (Portland Public Health, July – September 2022)
• Teaching Indigenous Youth About Tobacco: A Traditional Tobacco Garden Success Story (Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, April – June 2022)
• The Gatherings Support their Community’s Health with a Comprehensive Smoke and Tobacco-Free Policy (Healthy Acadia, April – June 2022)
• Town of Brunswick Bans Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products (Mid Coast Hospital, July – September 2022)
• Who Pays, and at What Price? Big Tobacco’s Influence on Youth (Healthy Community Coalition in Greater Franklin County, July – September 2022)
• Wisdom Reaches for Restorative Practices (Aroostook County Action Program, April – June 2022)

Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

• Bangor Public Health Partners with Local Landlords to Create Smoke-Free Housing (Bangor Public Health, April – June 2022)
• Community Expo Results in New Tobacco Policies (Knox County Community Health Coalition, April – June 2022)
• Moderation Brewing Company Embrace Tobacco-Free Environment (Mid Coast Hospital, April – June 2022)
• Policy Perks through Facebook Outreach (Somerset Public Health, April – June 2022)
• Public Health Organizations Combine Efforts to Prevent Tobacco Use: Healthy Peninsula Partners with Healthy Acadia to Strengthen Tobacco-Free Policy (Healthy Acadia, July – September 2022)
• Still a Good Cause for Celebration! (Portland Public Health, July – September 2022)
• Supporting Equitable Access to Healthy Environments & Commercial Tobacco Cessation Resources (Bangor Public Health, July – September 2022)
• Taylor Brook Dental Associates: A Commitment to the Health and Wellbeing of their Employees and their Community (Healthy Androscoggin, April – June 2022)
• Things Will Be Great When You’re Downtown (Healthy Communities of the Capital Area, July – September 2022)

Promoting Tobacco Treatment

• Celebrating Portland Pride 2022 (Portland Public Health, April – June 2022)
• Helping Students at the University of Maine at Farmington Quit Vaping (Healthy Community Coalition in Greater Franklin County, July – September 2022)
• Oxford County Promotes Tobacco Prevention at Western Maine Recovery Rally (Healthy Oxford Hills, July – September 2022)
• Reinvigorating Tobacco Prevention Work in Franklin County (Healthy Community Coalition in Greater Franklin County, April – June 2022)
• The Power of Print: A Partnership with Journey Magazine (Healthy Androscoggin, July – September 2022)

To receive copies of past Success Stories, please email [email protected].

2022 National Conference on Tobacco or Health Presentations:

The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence is presented the following projeccts at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in June 2022.

• Health System Uses Brief Trainings to Drive up Referrals for Tobacco Treatment: Poster, Learn More: Fact Sheet
• Modernizing a Quitline: Introducing the Maine QuitLink after 20 Years of the Maine Tobacco HelpLine: Poster, Learn More: Fact Sheet
• Putting “Community” Back In To Community Needs Assessments: Poster

Additional Reports

Maine CDC and Partnerships for Health Report: Maine Prevention Services Initiative Atlas (2016-2021) – This report was developed by Partnerships For Health on behalf of Maine CDC. The MPS Atlas provides a series of maps for Maine Prevention Services, with a section for each Domain. Using programmatic data collected from the domains, each map in the Atlas highlights the geographic spread and reach of strategies.

Maine CDC and Partnerships for Health Report: Implementation of the Maine Prevention Services Initiative (2016 – 2021): A Data Brief – This report was developed by Partnerships For Health on behalf of Maine CDC. It follows the compilation of highlights (2016-2020) disseminated broadly earlier in 2022. In addition to highlighting the domain-specific work, it also highlights the strength of the MPS Initiative infrastructure to promote prevention across the state.

Maine Prevention Services and Partnerships for Health Report: Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in the Home Evaluation Findings – Partnerships for Health, the contracted evaluator for the Maine Prevention Services Initiative tobacco prevention work, developed and implemented an evaluation study to assess property managers’ and tenants’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards smoke-free policies and to understand the challenges and successes that are part of the District Tobacco Prevention Partners work with property managers.

Maine Prevention Services and Partnerships for Health Maps: Engagement with MPS that Resulted in New or Strengthened Tobacco Policies – Partnerships for Health, the contracted evaluator for the Maine Prevention Services Initiative tobacco prevention work, developed a series of maps highlighting policies that have been adopted under the Tobacco Prevention Services Initiative by District Tobacco Prevention Partners working with community organizations. Statewide maps highlight school districts, clinical sites, higher education institutions, housing properties, land governance, lodging and workplaces.