State staff assigned to cessation – 10/16/12

Q: What is the number or percent of staff in your State Department of Health, Tobacco Prevention & Control Program who are assigned to cessation (including any contract workers who are employed at the program, if applicable)?

A:

1. Alabama: We have one-half FTE dedicated to cessation at the central office. A very small portion of 11 area tobacco control coordinators' time is dedicated to implementing earned media campaigns at the local level. We also receive in-kind support from our Quitline Workgroup members and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach coordinators.
    
2. Georgia: One cessation coordinator with a supervisor (program manager) and one contract officer within public health. Every 2-3 years there is an independent evaluation conducted by a vendor via RFP.
    
3. Indiana: Indiana has a staff member dedicated to cessation systems changes - working with various stakeholders (providers, employers) - to make these changes.  As well as working with locally funded grant partners to work with their local providers, employers, etc.
    
   This position was contracted but will now be a state position.
    
4. Louisiana: The Louisiana Tobacco Control Program has two staff members devoted to cessation (cessation coordinator and program monitor).
    
5. Missouri: We have approximately 1 FTE doing cessation work. We have a designated Quitline manager who probably spends about 60% of her time on the Quitline, the Comprehensive Tobacco Control Manager spends about 20% of their time on cessation work, and our field staff spend about 20% of their time (between all 5 of them).
    
6. Nebraska: At Tobacco Free Nebraska, we have a total of 5 positions and one is assigned to cessation.
    
7. New Jersey: New Jersey’s Office of Tobacco Control is comprised of three full-time staff members.  As we are so tiny, we find ourselves sharing responsibilities and do not have a person assigned specifically to Cessation.
    
8. New York: In New York State, we have 2.5 state Tobacco Control Program staff dedicated to cessation.
    
9. Maine: One member of our State Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Population Health staff is assigned to cessation.
    
10. Rhode Island: For the Rhode Island Department of Health Tobacco Control Program, there is one full-time state employee who is assigned to cessation.
     
11. Vermont: We have one full-time cessation position. In total, we have 4.5 positions (tobacco cessation, community/policy, grants administrator, media specialist, myself/chronic disease chief). These last two positions perform integrated work, hence the 4.5 FTE equivalents. I have put in the request for another position (.5 minimum) to assist with systems work, which overlaps with our cessation work, e.g. Medicaid.
     
12. Virginia: Virginia has a part-time wage position (1,500 hrs/yr) who does our cessation programming.
     
13. Washington: Washington State has 3.0 FTE’s dedicated to the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.  One of those FTE’s is a cessation coordinator.
     
14. West Virginia: Our Division of Tobacco Prevention has two full time employees (out of 8) assigned full-time to tobacco cessation.

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Editor’s note: Another relevant TCN Help Your Peers request asked whether states employ a Cessation Director position. See: State tobacco control staffing – 7/20/12

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