Tobacco Control Program

Want to quit smoking?

1-800-Try-To-Stop
(1-800-879-8678)

(Spanish)
1-800-8-Déjalo
(1-800-833-5256)

1-800-TDD-1477
(Hearing Impaired)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – features a video titled “More than Words: Language Barriers in Medicine” Helping to Forge Connections Between Health Care Providers and the Latino Community.

Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care - Capstone Conference Paper - This paper discusses changes in policy and in health care systems that have proven effective in reducing tobacco use, highlighting strategies and tactics that have proven successful, and it discusses how the experience of eight years can inform future work to sustain and spread the gains achieved—both to the field of tobacco use cessation and, potentially, to the management of other behavioral risk factors (e.g., physical inactivity, diet, risky drinking, obesity) associated with chronic conditions and diseases.

Population Impact of Clinician Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Use - A large fraction of U.S. smokers visit a physician each year, creating an opportunity to alter their smoking behavior.
This chapter examines

1. the proportion of U.S. smokers who are receiving recommended tobacco interventions during routine health care visits;
2. whether clinician intervention rates are increasing over time; and
3. what effect physician advice is having on cessation activity and success.

We use Current Population Survey (CPS) data and meta-analyses on the efficacy of clinician interventions to estimate the number of smokers in the United States who quit each year as a direct result of current clinician counseling practices and also to determine what might be achieved through improved practice patterns.

Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 5: Tobacco and the Clinician: Interventions for Medical and Dental Practice – features

• Strategies for Office-Based Smoking Cessation Assistance
• Recruitment and Training of Practicing Physicians, Dentists, and Their Office Staffs
• Training of Physicians in Training
• Special Practice Settings,
• Dissemination, Facilitation, and Maintenance of Office-Based Cessation Assistance.

Action on Smoking and Health - Everything for People Concerned About Smoking & Nonsmokers' Rights First on the Internet for Smoking News and Documents – New Study - Smoking Cigarettes During Pregnancy May Damage Baby's Genes (Excerpts from: Smoking in Pregnancy May Cause Genetic Harm).

American Cancer Society - Reference Guides for Global Health Professionals, Policy Makers Released at 2006 Global Conferences

AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION:

• Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2005-2006
• Cancer Facts & Figures 2005: Presents data on cancer incidence, mortality, survival, and cancer risk factors, and annual estimates of expected new cancer cases and deaths, and cancer in racial and ethnic minorities. A special section covers cancers linked to infectious diseases.

Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups - African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics: A Report of the Surgeon General - Surgeon General's Report Warns of Health Reversals as Minority Teen Smoking Increases - First Report on Tobacco and Minorities Issued