Resources for Health Professionals

• TPCB N.C. Tobacco Use Quitline Page
  • General information about the NC Tobacco Use Quitline such as the hours of operation and how you can refer your patients to the Quitline.
• QuitlineNC.com (external site; link opens in new window)
  • This web page has testimonials from people who have successfully quit using tobacco with the help of the Quitline. Medical professionals use the "For Medical Professionals" link. From there, scroll down and use the links to open a short tutorial on the 5A's of tobacco cessation, read a physician's guide to QuitlineNC, and download the fax referral form (en Español; PDF; link opens in new window).
  • Physician's Guide to the N.C. Quitline (PDF, 56 kb; link opens in new window)
    • This PDF is a guide to the physician in using the 5As approach to cessation, including fax referral to the Quitline for their patients.
• N.C. Quitline Brochure (PDF, 150 kb) (en Español - PDF, 142 kb) (American Indian - PDF, 1.13 mb) - (all links open in new window)
  • 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, 47 kb; link opens in new window)
  • 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; link opens in new window)
  • 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.
• 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.
• Prevention Rx
  • This QuitNowNC website provides science-based tools and trainings for healthcare professionals to ensure that a systems approach in patient care is used for quitting tobacco, nutrition and physical activity.
• Good Health Directory
  • County specific directory of statewide resources for tobacco cessation, physical activity and healthy eating.
• 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. Fee of $20.00 is required to take this course.
• 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
  • The Clinical Practice Guidelines Clinicians Packet for "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence" provides information on incorporating cessation into a clinical setting and providing cessation information to your patients.