The Recovery is Health, Health is Recovery Lunch & Learn Series is sponsored by the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare in partnership with Recovery Idaho, Idaho Harm Reduction Project, and the Northwest ATTC.
In this session, Cas Adams of Project Filter will teach participants about the intersection between nicotine addiction and other behavioral health conditions, resources available to people trying to quit smoking, and how behavioral health professionals can support their clients address their nicotine addiction and reduce client’s exposure to secondhand smoke.
About the presenter: Cas Adams is Project Filter’s Health Equity Specialist and has been working in commercial tobacco prevention and control for over six years. She supports communities across Idaho who are most targeted by the tobacco industry and have the highest disparities in commercial tobacco-related illness and nicotine addiction, including racially and ethnically minorized communities and people who are LGBTQ+. Addressing nicotine addiction in people with behavioral health conditions is a passion for Cas and she hopes that her work will make a positive difference for all people in Idaho.