- TPCB N.C. Tobacco Use Quitline Page
- General information about the NC Tobacco Use Quitline such as the hours of operation, Web coach, Click to Call, Fax Referral and much more.
- QuitlineNC: www.quitlinenc.com
- Listen to testimonials from people who have successfully quit using tobacco with the help of the NC Tobacco Use Quitline.
- Guide to Tobacco Cessation Resources in North Carolina for Health Professionals (DOC, 185 KB; PDF, 125 KB)
- On QuitlineNC, click "For Medical Professionals" and scroll down to list item 2 for its version of the "Guide..." in PDF format. This review of available cessation resources makes it easy for the busy health professional to Ask, Advise, and Refer tobacco users to the NC Tobacco Use Quitline, including fax referral, and web based resources.
- FAX Referral Form (PDF, 64 KB)
- The health professional completes the Provider Section of the fax referral form and the patient who would like a Quit Coach to call them completes the Patient Section. With the patient’s signature, refer them to the Quitline by faxing the completed form to the 800 number provided.
- Tobacco Use Clinical Practice Guidelines (Evidence-Based Cessation Counseling Methods) Video
- Developed by the Northwest Tobacco Prevention Coalition, based at the Appalachian District Health Department, this video gives a brief overview of the Tobacco Use Clinical Practice Guidelines for Health Professionals and the North Carolina Tobacco Use Quitline. It serves as a great review for professionals already trained on the guidelines, or an introduction to those not yet trained.
- Quitline Ask, Advise, Refer Card (DOC, 3.82 MB; PDF, 253 KB)
- Health care providers who counsel their patients to quit tobacco with even a minimal (less than 3 minute) intervention can make a difference. In fact, smokers who receive clinician advice and assistance with quitting report greater satisfaction with their health care than those who do not. Click here for a downloadable tool to Ask, Advise, and Refer (DOC, 3.82 MB; PDF, 253 KB) your patients to cessation resources.
- N.C. Quitline Brochure, English - PDF, 154 kb; en Español - PDF, 314 kb; American Indian - PDF, 1.13 mb
- You can print these full color brochures and make them available in waiting rooms, at health fairs, at your church or synagogue - wherever tobacco users visit. These documents are in PDF format.
- N.C. Quitline Business Cards (PDF, 151 kb)
- From this color PDF document, you can make business-sized cards to give patients, friends - anyone who uses tobacco and would like to have the 1-800-QUIT-NOW number handy.
- N.C. Quitline Poster (PDF, 954 kb; PowerPoint version, 742 KB)
- This full-color poster will print on regular-sized paper, and is appropriate for many audiences. It is perfect for offices, clinics and other venues.
- Quit Flyers with Tear-Offs: Color (PDF, 37 KB) | Black and White (PDF, 52 KB)
- These posters have the NC Quitline phone number and the Become an EX website address so the cessation resource information can be torn off the bottom. Great for campuses and worksites.
- QuitNowNC.org
- This web page will guide you to many tobacco use cessation resources including the Quitline, local programs, trainings, news updates and brochures. It represents a statewide tobacco use cessation partnership that promotes awareness, develops resources and conducts trainings to help North Carolinians successfully quit using tobacco.
- Starting the Conversation Brochure
- At this web link, learn about this brochure series of brief screening, counseling and referral tools that help healthcare professionals advise, counsel and refer their patients to expert treatment and support. Materials are available in English, Spanish as well as materials aimed specifically at Native Americans. Ordering information is available at this link.
- CEASE - Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure
- This website was developed to help child healthcare clinicians tailor their office setting to address parental tobacco use in a routing and effective manner using downloadable tools that can be adapted to your practice.
- N.C. STEP Curriculum for Spit Tobacco Users
- The N.C. STEP Curriculum for Spit Tobacco Users is aimed at the professional who plans to present this science-based curriculum primarily to students in an effort to help those who use spit tobacco quit and to prevent students from starting to use spit tobacco.
- Counseling for Change: An Online Smoking Cessation Course
- This online course covers the 5As and a stages of change tutorial for health professionals. This course is free, unless you request continuing education credits, which are available for a $20 fee.
- Women's Health and Tobacco Use Program
- Click the above link for information on the training video and guide for Counseling Women Who Smoke and other information for women in their child-bearing years.
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- This links clinicians and consumers to tobacco cessation materials, tools, reference guides, and handouts including: the Clinical Practice Guidelines (2008 Update); Helping Smokers Quit - A Guide for Clinicians - Tear Sheets: Primary Care Providers and Prenatal Care Providers – Tear sheets; You Can Quit Smoking; Quitting Helps you Heal Faster; and much more.
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