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H ealth C orner Tips, Classes and
Programs to help

you live healthier!

by the tobacco industry for Individuals with chronic mental
years. Tobacco companies used illness die on average 5-25 years
to donate free cigarettes to psy- earlier than the general popula-
The Behavioral Health Population chiatric facilities. ey lobbied tion. Smoking related illnesses

& Tobacco Use for psychiatric facilities to be such as cardiovascular disease,
By Heather Grove, BSN, RN excluded in the Joint Commis- lung disease, and diabetes are
sion 1993 ban on smoking in the top causes of death. Tobac-

e behavioral health popula- hospitals. ey funded mislead- co use contributes to more than

tion includes individuals at ing research. ey marketed the three times as many deaths as

risk for or living with mental, idea that nicotine is helpful for alcohol and illicit drugs.
behavioral, and/or substance emotional issues.

use disorders. is particular ere are a lot of myths sur-

population has higher smoking ese predatory marketing rounding smoking and the

rates than the general public and strategies contribute to the high behavioral health population.
disproportionate tobacco-relat- rate of smoking among the Let’s dispute them:
ed health disparities. Individuals behavioral health population
in this population tend to have today. Adults with mental ill- Myth: People with mental ill-
less access to tobacco treatment ness or substance use disorders nesses and/or substance abuse
and are underrepresented in account for 40% of all cigarettes disorders are not interested in
treatment trials. smoked. People with behavioral stopping smoking.
health disorders are dying from Truth: e truth is most people,

People with behavioral health smoking related causes. including those with mental ill-
conditions have been exploited nesses and addictions know the

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