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Combining Tobacco Cessation and Radon Testing: AMultiagency Collaboration to Promote The Health Of Montanans
LAURA S. LARSSON
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Problem
Exposure to indoor radon and tobacco smoke have a synergistic effect meaning that the combined risk for lung cancer is more than additive
Radon Level
If 1,000 people who smoked were exposed to this level over a lifetime*...
If 1,000 people who never smoked were exposed to this level over a lifetime*...
WHAT TO DO:Stop smoking and...
20 pCi/L About 260 people could get lung cancer
About 36 people could get lung cancer
Fix your home
8 pCi/L About 120 people could get lung cancer
About 15 people could get lung cancer
Fix your home
4 pCi/L About 62 people could get lung cancer
About 7 people could get lung cancer
Fix your home
Radon Risk if You Smokefrom "A Citizen's Guide to Radon: The Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family From Radon"
Method-Step 1—Make Friends
Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP)
Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
Montana Cancer Coalition
Gallatin and Ravalli County Tobacco Prevention Specialists
Gallatin and Ravalli County Health Officers
Method-Step 2—Pilot Test
A one-page radon background and risk document was included in the orientation packets for “Quit Line” enrollees attempting to quit smoking cigarettes
Free radon kits by mail
Timeline: January 1, 2014 - May 15, 2014
600 invitations for a free radon test kit sent
Results
14 (2.3%) accepted the invitation
2 (14.3%) completed the test kit they requested
Neither had actionable indoor radon levels
Discussion
Strong potential—600 initiations in 5 months
Mailing is the wrong approach
Future work is to get on the script January is Radon Awareness Month
Would follow-up coaching increase test-kit completion?
Or are individuals attempting to quit smoking too overwhelmed or preoccupied to test?
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