Resources for Health Professionals

QuitlineNC: www.quitlinenc.com

• 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, 153 KB); En Español (PDF, 220 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.

Tobacco Use and Prevention in North Carolina PPT Modules

Developed by the North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch for anyone interested to learn more about tobacco prevention and control in North Carolina. The PPT sets can be used for training purposes. The comprehensive set is not meant to be used in its entirety.

Note: To download the files below, right-click and "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As" (Firefox).

• Comprehensive Module: Overview of North Carolina Tobacco Use and Evidence Based Cessation Methods and Resources (PPT, 9.4 MB)
• Brief Module: Brief Tobacco Cessation Counseling (For physicians and other providers and healthcare professionals to use in clinical practice; PPT, 7.3 MB)
• Brief Module: Tobacco Cessation Medications to Help With Quitting (PPT, 1.5 MB)
• Brief Module: NC Tobacco Use Quitline and Other Quitting Resources (PPT, 5.0 MB)

Quitline Ask, Advise, Refer Card (DOC, 1.3 MB; PDF, 88 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, 1.3 MB; PDF, 88 KB) your patients to cessation resources.

N.C. Quitline Booklet for Postpartum Patients (PDF, 368 KB)

N.C. Quitline Brochure, English - PDF, 429 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, 261 KB) - en Español (PDF, 235 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.

Prescription to Quit Tobacco (PDF, 96 KB)

N.C. Quitline Pocket Guide for Helping Pregnant Patients Quit (PDF, 91 KB)

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.

NC Quitline + Become An EX Co-Branded Brochure

Print these brochures and make them available in waiting rooms, at health fairs, at your church or synagogue - wherever tobacco users visit.

• Trifold Outside (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Trifold Inside (PDF, 1.4 MB)

NC Quitline + Become An EX Co-Branded Business Cards (PDF, 725 KB)

These business cards should be printed without page scaling enabled; they will print to wallet size as formatted. You may want to print on a heavy grade gloss and cut with a straight edge.

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 routine 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 (and see the "Manuals" folder of the page) 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.