 For Professionals
General
1-800-QUIT-NOW
http://1800quitnow.cancer.gov
1-800-QUIT-NOW is the toll-free National telephone counseling service to help people stop smoking or quit other forms of tobacco use.
Addressing Tobacco in Healthcare
www.atmc.wisc.edu
The Addressing Tobacco in Healthcare Research Network, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, connects researchers, health care providers and other partners interested in developing and implementing changes to healthcare systems that will improve the delivery of evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.gov
2008 Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
This U.S. Public Health Service's 2008 update of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence includes new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence and the latest information to help people quit smoking.
- Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence (PDF)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/tobaqrg.pdf
This is a quick how-to guide to assist clinicians in implementing the clinical practice guidelines.
- Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/clinhlpsmksqt.pdf (PDF)
This pocket guide gives clinicians easy access to information to help their patients quit smoking. The tool is based on the "5 A's" approach to cessation intervention: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange, and offers other helpful resources.
Alliance for the Prevention and Treatment of Nicotine Addiction (APTNA)
www.aptna.org
The mission of APTNA is to work towards reduction in tobacco-caused morbidity and mortality by providing services that promote effective treatment and prevention of nicotine addiction. Services are targeted to healthcare providers, clinicians, administrators, organizations and educational institutions in order to promote policies that lead to an increase in implementing effective smoking cessation strategies among high-risk tobacco users.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)
www.aaaai.org
AAAAI is the largest professional medical specialty organization in the United States, representing allergists, asthma specialists, clinical immunologists, allied health professionals, and others with a special interest in the research and treatment of allergic disease.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
www.aap.org
The AAP is a 60,000-member organization dedicated to the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem.
American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org
Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, the American Lung Association® today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.
Ask and Act
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/ publichealth/tobacco/askandact.html
The American Academy of Family Physicians' new tobacco cessation campaign encourages 100 percent of family physicians to ASK about the tobacco use habits of all their patients and ACT on that information.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
Office on Smoking and Health
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) offers information on all aspects of tobacco control and prevention.
- A Practical Guide to Working with Health–Care Systems on Tobacco–Use Treatment
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/cessation/ 00_pdfs/Toolkit.pdf
This guide was designed to increase public health professionals’ comfort with and skill in establishing collaborative relationships with leaders of health-care systems and to facilitate the creation of long-term partnerships that promote effective system wide tobacco–use treatment.
- New! CDC Cessation Resource Center
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/crc/
This site contains cessation-focused resources developed and tested by state tobacco control programs, CDC Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) partner organizations, and other federal agencies. These cessation resources are available to registered state and organizational tobacco cessation programs. Login is required to download resources.
- Media Campaign Resource Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/media_communications/ countermarketing/mcrc/index.htm
The Media Campaign Resource Center provides access to effective media campaign materials for tobacco use prevention.
Motivational Interviewing
www.motivationalinterview.org
Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. This web site is intended to provide resources for those seeking information on Motivational Interviewing. It includes general information about the approach, as well as links, training resources, and information on reprints and recent research.
National Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
www.ttac.org
The National Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) is dedicated to assisting organizations in building and developing highly effective tobacco control programs.
Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy (PACT)
www.endsmoking.org
PACT is an independent consortium of leaders in the treatment of tobacco dependence whose mission is to lower barriers to broader utilization of cessation therapy through education and advocacy.
Smokefree.gov
www.smokefree.gov
This National Institutes of Health (NIH) web site was developed using evidenced-based research. The site features "LiveHelp," which connects smokers with a cessation counselor via Instant Messaging, and an interactive web-based cessation guide based on the National Cancers Institute's "Clearing the Air" booklet.
Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control
www.socialclimate.org
The Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control (SCS-TC) was developed as a methodology to objectively measure the fundamental position of tobacco control in society and thereby provide a data collection system to monitor program impacts. The survey includes items to measure progress toward intermediate objectives such as policy changes, changes in social norms, reductions in exposure of individuals to environmental tobacco smoke, and rejection of pro-tobacco influences.
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/
U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona issued this comprehensive scientific report which concludes that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. June 2006.
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General
http://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/library/smokingconsequences/
A comprehensive report on the hazards of smoking and the benefits of quitting published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in May 2004.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Smoke-Free Homes
www.epa.gov/smokefree
This site offers a wealth of information on the health effects of secondhand smoke on children and helps families establish a smoke-free home.
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