Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention in Underage Youth Annie Cieslicki, Alanna Davis, Jenna Romanowski, & Jillian Incha
Youth Tobacco Use & Public Health Tobacco use is The big tobacco industries aim their the #1 cause of marketing at youth preventable with flavors & death & disease colorful packaging 90% of smokers begin before the age of 18!
WI Wins Background WI State Statutes Synar Amendment 134.66 & 254.916 ~ 1992 federal law ~ Shortly after the ~ In 2001 WI illegal Synar Amendment WI sales rate was 33.7% ~ Requires states to abided w/ state laws enforce laws ~ In 2002 the WI Wins prohibiting the sales Program was ~ 134.66 prohibits of tobacco to minors implemented sales to minors & enforces education ~ States must keep ~ The program is their illegal sales rate based off of positive ~ 254.916 gives the under 20% to receive reinforcement & state the right to Substance Abuse includes inspections, investigate tobacco Prevention and media outreach, & retailers or conduct Treatment Block public outreach compliance checks Grant (SABG)
Wisconsin Retail Assessment Project (WRAP) Tobacco Prevention & WRAP Control Program (TPCP) Wisconsin 15 ~ Offers tobacco ~ Allows TPCP to Department Tobacco uniformly collect cessation resources of Health Free retail data on Services Coalitions tobacco, alcohol, and ~ Offers youth (DHS) nutrition tobacco prevention programs (WI Wins) ~ Tobacco assessments occur ~ Provides support every year to local efforts ~ Coalitions have the ~ Generates reports option to also assess & data sheets alcohol and nutrition products, placement, and advertising
Youth Alcohol Use & Public Health WI youth are legally Alcohol is more allowed to go to the available and is bar with their advertised more parents at any age than tobacco and have a drink WI youth drink alcohol less often than adults, but they binge drink more
Oneida County Northwoods Tobacco 7 counties 172 Checks Free Coalition NWTFC 2018 WI Wins Inspection Team: 1 Adult Supervisor 3 local youth County Dependent: Local Law Enforcement County Health Officers
Oneida County Intern Takeaways from WINS checks Public health involves a lot of policy & law development & Push back enforcement from business owners and clerks Enhanced interpersonal written and verbal communication skills
WRAP in Juneau County ~ High prevalence of e-cigs, especially South flavored 16 of 30 Central 4 counties assessments Wisconsin ~ Alcohol sometimes Tobacco located within 12 Free inches of toys, candy, Coalition or gum ~ Alcohol located within 3 feet of the floor and at aisle ends ~ Alcohol located next to soda in almost every convenience store
Juneau County: Alcohol Compliance Checks 2 Substance convenience Abuse Free stores Environment 5 bars 2 health department 1 liquor (SAFE) in store employees Juneau County 4 18-19 year old Coalition participants ~ 80% compliance 2 county detectives rate overall (32 of 40) 40 retailers ~ Sellers ranged in age, outlet type, gender, and municipality ~ 2 retailers did not ID
Barron County Tobacco Compliance Checks ~ Barron, Polk, ~ WI WINS campaign ~ 40 compliance Rusk, Pierce, La checks Croix, and Burnett ~ State level initiative ~ 2 youth inspectors Counties put in place to decrease youth ~ Local law ~ Multi-jurisdiction access to tobacco enforcement presence coalition working products towards tobacco ~ Western Wisconsin prevention Working for Tobacco Free Living ~ Tobacco prevention and control ~ Maintain state and local tobacco control efforts
Counter Tools Store Auditing in Barron County ~ Non-profit provider of software tools Partnered with ~ Facilitates local- and state-level Polk County to policy changes affecting the retail conduct 10 environment counter tools ~ Measures tobacco, food, and alcohol assessments product availability, pricing, placement, promotions and marketing in retail environments ~ First step towards building awareness and educating for change
“ Hiding in Plain Sight” Works to reduce and prevent drug abuse among youth, collaborate & expand resources, and develop a healthy community environment Partners with the Sheriff’s Barron Department to County educate parents and community Community members on dangers that can Coalition be hiding in plain sight
“Be Tactical, Escape the VAPE” B arron Barron County County Sheriff's Community Department Coalition Barron County Health Department
Barron County Health Department ~ Now aware of the steps needed to bring awareness to public health issues and implement community education and policy change/implementation ~ Taught the importance of community outreach and collaboration within different disciplines ~ Enhanced written and communication skills ~ Expanded knowledge of AODA prevention, campaigns, and community-wide resources ~ Foundation for future as a physician
Polk County Burnett, Polk, Barron, Rusk, St. Croix, Pierce
Polk County: WRAP Assessment Findings: Burnett and Polk Counties: 10 ~ Most establishments good assessments each at keeping tobacco behind counter Collaboration with Barron County: 5 assessments ~ Large bags of pipe tobacco ~ Alcohol displayed in very easy to see places ~ Not many fresh Collaboration with business fruit/vegetable options owners to get permission to assess their establishment
Polk County: WI Wins Tobacco Compliance Checks Responsible for doing checks in 3 counties Collaboration with: Burnett: 29 Law enforcement Polk: 62 Youth St. Croix: 77 Findings: ~ All but 1 place checked ID & still sold ~ Confusion with reading new IDs ~ Polk County sales went up from last year
Current Collaborations in Youth Tobacco Use Tobacco Greater Lakes 15 Tobacco Free Prevention & Intertribal Council & Coalitions Control Program WI Native American Tobacco Network (TPCP) ~ Local groundwork in tobacco ~ Pursue the elimination and prevention prevention of commercial ~ Offers youth tobacco tobacco abuse prevention programs (WI Wins) ~ South Central Wisconsin Tobacco Free Coalition ~ Collaborates with communities ~ Generates annual reports & to promote cessation and data sheets ~ Northwoods Tobacco Free eliminate second hand smoke Coalition ~ Provides support to local ~ Educate and increase efforts ~ Western Wisconsin Working for awareness of traditional tobacco Tobacco Free Living use
Current Collaborations in Youth Alcohol Use ~ Under Wisconsin DHS oversight and funding ~ Main goal is to support positive youth development Alliance for ~ Provides support to substance abuse prevention coalitions WI Youth (more than 90) through 5 regional prevention centers (AWY) ~ Hosts biannual regional meetings for coalitions ~ Advocates for substance abuse prevention at the local, state, and national levels
Opportunities for Future Collaborations ~ Address increasing prevalence of Juuls and other flavored nicotine products in communities (local and state levels) ~ Communities help each other write/amend tobacco- and Tobacco nicotine-free school policies ~ Work with national tobacco-free organizations to promote new anti-tobacco policies at the state level ~ Create an alcohol-specific organization at the state level (similar to TPCP) and alcohol-specific coalitions ~ Consider creating a more positive alcohol environment at a Alcohol state level ~ Address the acceptability, availability, affordability, and attractiveness of alcohol (per WI DHS recommendations)
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