What's New
These nationally recognized tobacco cessation tools are designed to encourage clinicians to help their patients quit using tobacco and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Whether the patient's quit day is linked to the Great American Smokeout or a New Year's resolution, AHRQ offers clinicians and consumers a wide array of evidence-based materials online:
Clinician's Packet—Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Consumer Packet—You Can Quit Smoking
How Health Care Providers Can Help
All health care providers, especially those with direct patient contact, have a unique opportunity to help tobacco users quit. Smokers cite a doctor's advice to quit as an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking. Materials to help you help them follow:
Clinical Practice Guideline. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence (PDF
file, 1 MB; Text Version)
Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
(PDF File, 599 KB, Text
Version)
Clinician's Tearsheet (Personalized
Quit Plan) (PDF
file, 35 KB; Text Version)
Usted puede dejar de fumar (Spanish)
(PDF File, 35 KB; Text
Version)
Posters (You Can Quit Smoking)
(PDF File,
19 KB; Text Version)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Online Continuing Medical Education Course
Help for Tobacco Users
You Can Quit Smoking, Consumer Guide (PDF File, 279
KB, Text Version)
Usted puede dejar de fumar: Guía del consumidor (Spanish) (PDF File, 278 KB, Text Version)
You Can Quit Smoking, 5-Day Countdown (PDF File,
204 KB, Text Version)
Prepárese en 5 días para dejar
de fumar (Spanish) (PDF File, 206 KB; Text
Version)
You Can Quit Smoking, Pocket Card (PDF File, 215 KB,
Text Version)
Usted puede dejar de fumar (Spanish) (PDF
file, 217 KB, Text Version)
Good Information for Smokers, Easy-to-Read Consumer Booklet (PDF
file, 208 KB, Text Version)
Información importante para fumadores
(Spanish) (PDF File, 221 KB, Text Version)
Help for Smokers: Ideas to Help You Quit
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card (PDF File,
37 KB, Text Version)
Dejar de fumar le ayuda a sanar más rápido (Spanish) (PDF File, 38 KB, Text Version)
Quit Smoking Products Ordering Information (PDF File,
121 KB, Text Version)
Pregnant? Want to Quit?
If you're expecting, quitting smoking is the most important thing you can do for yourself and your baby. When you stop using tobacco products, you will have more energy and breathe more easily. Additionally, your baby will get more oxygen and be more likely to be born at a normal weight.
Clinician's Tearsheet,
Prenatal (PDF File, 513 KB;
Text Version)
Ayuda para los fumadores embarazados
(Spanish) (PDF File, 514
KB; Text Version)
How Health Care Systems Can Help
Managed care organizations, hospital administrators, insurers, and health care purchasers are key in implementing a comprehensive means of treating tobacco users. This product looks at the tremendous financial burden of tobacco use on the health care system and why it will take an entire health care system to encourage and support the effective identification and treatment of tobacco users.
Treating
Tobacco Use and Dependence: A Systems Guide
Want More Information?
In the United States, call the AHRQ Clearinghouse toll-free 800-358-9295, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hearing impaired persons may call 888-586-6340 for the TDD service. Callers from outside of the United States only should use the telephone number (703) 437-2078.
Send requests by E-mail to ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov.