The following Tobacco Cessation resources were developed in response to requests by Region VIII CHC clinicians for effective tobacco cessation strategies. Community Health Centers are encouraged to print these resources for their own use.
Please click or scroll down for:
Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines
Tobacco Cessation Provider Resources
Tobacco Cessation Patient Education Resources
Other Online Resources
National Quitlines
EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL GUIDELINES
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources
2008
TOBACCO CESSATION PROVIDER RESOURCES
Health Care Professionals: Help Your Patients Quit Smoking
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Resources for Health Professionals
SmokeFree.Gov
TOBACCO CESSATION PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES
The following information has been collected to assist providers with patient education, one piece of an effective tobacco cessation strategy. To provide your patients with appropriate tobacco cessation materials, identify the material that best suits your patient, then click on the title and share the information with your patient (by copying the pages or participating in online interaction).
Quitting
(Online Class; registration required) Freedom From Smoking ® Online
(American Lung Association)
| TOPIC (TYPE OF MATERIAL): |
TITLE OF MATERIAL (SOURCE): |
| Smoking: Consequences (Webpage with links to printable resources) |
Health Consequences of Smoking: Report of the Surgeon General May 27, 2004 (US Department of Health and Human Services) |
| Smoking: Consequences (Webpage with links to printable resources) |
2006 Surgeon General’s Report- The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
| Smoking: Consequences (Webpage with links to printable resources) |
Health Consequences of Smoking on the Body (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) |
| Quitting: How To (Webpage with links) |
Getting Help to Quit Smoking (American Lung Association) |
| Quitting (Online Guide with printable version) |
Smokefree.gov (National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health & Human Services, FirstGov) |
| Tools for Patients (Patient Education Handouts and Rx Assistance) |
Clinicians.org/Tobacco Free Association of Clinicians for the Underserved |
| Tools for Patients (Overview, Interventions, Resources, and National Data ) |
Healthy People 2020 (Department of Health and Human Services) |
Note: Please be aware that the Internet and tobacco cessation research are both dynamic environments and the chosen links may change at anytime. For additional information, please browse the Other Online Resources (below).
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American Legacy Foundation
www.legacyforhealth.org
American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, Tobacco Free
www.clinicians.org/tobaccofree/
BeTobaccoFree.gov
www.betobaccofree.gov
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org
National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics
NATIONAL QUITLINES
National Quitline Map
North American Quitline Consortium
www.naquitline.org/?page=mappage