General Information Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office on Smoking and Health website http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Annual smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, and economic costs—United States, 1995–1999, MMWR highlights. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/economics/mmwr5114.highlights.htm

Cessation Resource Center: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/CRC.htm

National Cancer Institute. Population based smoking cessation: Proceedings of a conference on what works to influence cessation in the general population. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 12. Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 00-4892, November 2000. Available at:
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/12/index.html

Guide to Community Preventive Services: 
www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco

Coffield AB, Maciosek MV, McGinnis JM, et al. Priorities among recommended clinical preventive services. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(1):1-9.

US Department of Health and Human Services. Reducing Tobacco Use: Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2000. Executive Summary

Federal Stop Smoking Website: www.smokefree.gov

2000’s Surgeon General's Reports – available at www.cdc.gov/tobac
  2004 The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General
GPO (Stock Number 0-16-051576-2)
  2001 Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General
GPO (Stock Number 017-023-00207-4)
  2000 Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General
GPO (Stock Number 017-023-00204-0)

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Sponsoring Agency Websites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health:
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Center for Tobacco Cessation:
www.ctcinfo.org
North American Quitline Consortium:
www.naquitline.org
American Legacy Foundation:
www.americanlegacy.org
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium:
www.ttac.org
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center:
http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
www.rwjf.org
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
www.tobaccofreekids.org
Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco:
www.paccenter.org

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State Program Websites

State of Hawaii: www.tobaccofreehawaii.org
State of New Jersey:
www.tobaccoprogram.org; www.NJQuitnet.com
State of New Mexico:
www.thestink.org
State of New York:
http://www.nysmokefree.com/redesign/
State of Ohio:
www.standohio.org
State of Oklahoma:
www.tset.ok.gov; www.health.state.ok.us
State of Wisconsin:
www.ctri.wisc.edu; www.tobwis.org

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Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation Programs: Overview

National Blueprint for Adult Tobacco-Use Cessation. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, American Cancer Society, American Legacy Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Cessation. Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco. Available at: http://www.paccenter.org/pages/pub_reports.htm

From Challenge to Opportunity: Organizing, Financing, and Delivering Statewide Tobacco Cessation Services and Activities. An Executive Summary by the Center for Tobacco Cessation Policy Roundtable on Statewide Cessation Services. Center for Tobacco Cessation. Available at:
http://www.ctcinfo.org/upload/rpt_challenge.pdf

National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation. Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health. Available at:
http://www.ctcinfo.org/upload/National_Action_Plan_Tobacco_Cessation.pdf

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Health Care Systems and Clinics: Information

Adams K, Corrigan JM, Priority Areas of National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, National Academies Press. Washington, D.C. 2003

Cahill A, McPhillips-Tangum C., Rosenthal A. Addressing tobacco in managed care: A resource guide for health plans. American Association of Health Plans, 2001. Washington, D.C.

Fiore MC, Bailey WC, Cohen SJ, et al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Clinical Practice Guideline. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; June 2000. JAMA June 28, 2000. 283; 24:3245-3253. Full document available at www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco

Melvin CL, Dolan-Mullen P, Windsor RA, et al. Recommended cessation counseling for pregnant women who smoke: a review of the evidence. Tobacco Control 2000; (Suppl III):iii80-84.

Manley MW, Griffin T, Foldes SS, et al. The role of health plans in tobacco control. Annu Rev Public Health 2003. 24:247-266.

Schauffler HH, Mc Menamin S, Olsen K, Boyce-Smith G, Rideout JA, Kamil J. Variations in treatment benefits influence smoking cessation: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Tobacco Control 2001;10:175-80.

Wagner E, Curry SJ, Grothuas L, et al. The impact of smoking and quitting on health care use. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:1789-1795.

Warner KE. Cost effectiveness of smoking-cessation therapies. Interpretation of the evidence and implications for coverage. Pharmacoeconomics 1997; 11(6):538-49.

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Health Care Systems and Clinics: Tools

Center for Tobacco Cessation. Investing in a Healthy State: Covering Tobacco Cessation Services Under Medicaid. Available at:
http://www.ctcinfo.org/upload/medicaid_toolkit.pdf

Sample Medicaid Purchasing Specifications /Related to Tobacco – Use Prevention and Cessation available at:
http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/healthpolicy/chsrp/newsps/tobacco/smokingspecs.pdf

Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco. Build a Financial Infrastructure: Health Plan Benefits and Provider Reimbursement. Available at: www.paccenter.org

Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco. Summary: Health insurance benefits for treatment of tobacco. Available at: www.paccenter.org

Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy (PACT). Reimbursement for Smoking Cessation: A Healthcare Practitioner’s Guide. Available at: www.endsmoking.org

California Tobacco Control Alliance. Designing a Model Cessation Benefit for Managed Care Coverage. Available at:
http://www.tobaccofreealliance.org/Resources.htm

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Quitlines

Telephone Quitlines: A Resource for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Available at www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quitlines.htm

Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco. Linking a Network: Integrate Quitlines with Health Systems. Available at: www.paccenter.org

Zhu, SH, Anderson CM, et al. Evidence of real-world effectiveness of a telephone quitline for smokers. N Eng J of Med 2002 347;14: 1087-93.

Zhu, SH. California Smokers’ Helpline: An Accessible Service for a Diverse Population. California Wellness Foundation 1996/ University of California.

Zhu, SH, Mercer T. Rosbrook, B. Pierce, JP. Smoking Cessation with and without: A population analysis. Am J Prev Med 2002;18(4):305-311.

North American Quitline Consortium: Quitline Map and Facts about Quitlines: www.naquitline.org

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Cessation and Pregnancy

MMWR Reports
 

State estimates of neonatal healthcare costs associated with maternal smoking – US 1996 Smoking during pregnancy – US 1990-2002. MMWR highlights Oct. 72004/Vol. 53/No.39. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/mmwr.htm

Resources for smoking and pregnancy found at
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/index.htm
and at the SmokeFree Families website: http://www.smokefreefamilies.org/

Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking: Providing Coverage for Tobacco Treatment Under Medicaid
http://www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org/policy/medicaid.asp

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Cessation and Disparities

Health disparities experienced by Black or African Americans. MMWR highlights available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a1.htm

Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1998. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/index.htm

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Cessation and Youth

Youth Tobacco Cessation: A guide for Making Informed Decisions. Available at: http://www.ctcri.ca/files/YTC.pdf

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Employers and Purchasers: Information

Bronnum-Hansen H, Juel K. Abstention for smoking extends life and compresses morbidity: A population based study of health expectancy among smokers and never smokers in Denmark. Tobacco Control 2001;10:273-278

Halpern MT, Shikar R, Rentz AM, Kahn ZM. Impact of smoking status on workplace absenteeism and productivity. Tobacco Control 2001;10:233-238.

Harris JR, Schauffler HH, Milstein A, Powers P, Hopkins DP. Expanding health insurance coverage for smoking cessation treatments: experience of the Pacific Business Group on Health. American Journal of Health Promotion 2001;15(5):350-6.

Nusselder WJ, Looman CWN, Marang-van de Mheen PJ, et al. Smoking and the compression of morbidity. J Epidemiol Communtiy Health 2000;54:566-574.

Warner KE, Smith RJ, Smith DG, Fries BE. Health and economic implications of a work-site smoking cessation program: A simulation analysis. JOEM 1996; 38(10):981-992.

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Employers and Purchasers: Tools

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Cancer Society, and Wellness Councils of America. Making Your Workplace Smokefree—A Decision Maker's Guide. 1996. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/environmental/etsguide.htm

Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco. Invest in Tobacco Cessation for a Healthy Productive Workforce. Available at: www.paccenter.org

Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy (PACT). Employers Smoking Cessation Guide: Practical approaches to a costly workplace problem. Available at: www.endsmoking.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Coverage For Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/educational_materials/cessation/index.html

California “Smoking Benefits Everyone” campaign:
http://www.tobaccofreealliance.org/

Partnership for Prevention. Preventive Services: Helping Employers Expand Coverage. 2002. Available at:
http://www.prevent.org/publications/
Preventive_Services_Helping_Employers_Expand_Coverage.pdf

Tobacco-Free Coalition of Oregon “Make It Your Business” campaign. Employer’s Tool Kit. Available at:
http://www.tobaccofreeoregon.org/projects/miyb/documents/tool_kit_wcover_it_.ptf.pdf

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Medicaid Programs

State Medicaid coverage for tobacco dependence treatments – United States, 1994-2002, MMWR highlights available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/economics/mmwr5302a2_intro.htm

Invest In A Healthy State: Covering Tobacco Cessation Services Under Medicaid. Available at
http://www.ctcinfo.org/upload/medicaid_toolkit.pdf

Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking: Providing Coverage for Tobacco Treatment Under Medicaid. Available at:
http://www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org/policy/medicaid.asp

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Professional Education

Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence: www.attud.org
 
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention:
http://www.cme.uwisc.org/
 
Mayo School of Continuing Education: A Nicotine Dependence Seminar:
www.mayoclinic.org
 
The Association for Addiction Professionals:

www.smokerstreatmentcenter.com

 
University of Massachusetts Medical School:
http://www.umassmed.edu/

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Tobacco Cessation Information and Policy Fact Sheets

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids:
www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets

Center for Tobacco Cessation: http://www.ctcinfo.org/policy/default.asp

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