Healthcare Professionals
"If every physician advised every patient at every visit
not to smoke, one million Americans could escape nicotine addiction
each year."
Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, Director
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
University of Wisconsin Medical School
| Frequently
Asked Questions
| Questions frequently asked by health professionals
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| Getting
Started in Quitting the Use of Tobacco Products
| A tip sheet for patients ready to quit using tobacco
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| Surgeon
General’s Website
| Gives tobacco cessation information
for clinicians
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| Preventive
Benefits Profile
| Provides reimbursement information and the cessation benefits
that different medical insurance companies provide
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Fax
Referral Form
| Fax to the NC Quitline for patients who are ready to make a
quit attempt within the next 30 days and the quitline makes the first call to your patient.
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| Certificate of Enrollment
| The quitline cannot inform anyone of a caller's
participation in quitline services due to confidentiality issues,
however, the caller can request a Certificate
of Enrollment to provide evidence of participation
in an evidence-based cessation support program via the quitline.
The certificate is then sent directly to the caller, not the provider. (Note: To be eligible for the Certificate,
the caller needs to enroll in the callback program)
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| Fax
HIPAA Policy
| Patient confidentiality guidelines
for the 1-800-QUIT-NOW fax referral form.
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| NC
Good Health Directory
| A comprehensive referral directory of statewide resources, including
healthcare providers, programs, hospitals, and clinics to assist
individuals to be physically active, eat healthy, and quit all
tobacco use
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| Mental Health
Patients
| Information about tobacco cessation for mental health patients
and substance abuse patients
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| Starting the Conversation Tools
| Goes beyond the 5A's to quickly assess, counsel and refer your patient to expert treatment
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| Healthy County Profile
| Records county level activity on tobacco, nutrition and physical activity
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| Prevention Rx
| Develop a system in your clinic to identify, counsel and refer all patients on tobacco use, nutrition and physical activity
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Pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation
Data and Studies
Patient
Education Materials
| Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
(1-800-784-8669) for patient education materials.
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Starting
the Conversation
| Patient Education Tools on tobacco (English, Spanish, & Native American)
| | NC Good Health Directory
| A comprehensive referral directory of statewide resources,
including healthcare providers, programs, hospitals, and clinics
to assist individuals to be physically active, eat healthy, and
quit all tobacco use
Quit Smoking Guide
| Self-help, quit smoking guide for women who are pregnant or thinking about pregnancy. Helps readers make their own quit-smoking plans. Increases their chances of quitting smoking successfully.
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Health
Benefits of Quitting
| A printable handout explaining health benefits that can be gained
by quitting the use of tobacco
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Resource
Flier
| A printable handout listing resources available to North Carolinians
who are interested in quitting the use of tobacco
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Tobacco Cessation Poster
| A printable poster with information about steps to take to increase
chances of permanently quitting the use of tobacco
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Money Saved by Quitting Flyer
| A printable handout showing the money that can be saved by no
longer buying cigarettes
| | NY
DOH Tobacco Resources
| Tobacco and quitting brochures and posters
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Getting
Started with Quit Now NC!
QNNC!
Cessation Policies and Programs for Employees in Worksites
Establishing
Quality Cessation Systems in Healthcare Settings
Quitline
Information
Secondhand
Smoke
Spanish Resources
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