Published Materials
Achievements in Tobacco Cessation: Case Studies
This U.S. Public Health Service publication from June 2000 captured a series of brief case studies from Maine and Massachusetts to Oregon and Washington.
A National Blueprint for Disseminating and Implementing Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Promote Tobacco-Use Cessation Download PDF
This blueprint seeks to improve the nation's health and reduce tobacco-related illness and death by implementing evidence-based clinical and community strategies shown to increase tobacco-use cessation in the United States.
Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2007
An evidence-based guide to help states plan and establish effective tobacco control programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use, updated edition. Describes an integrated programmatic structure for implementing interventions proven to be effective and provides the recommended level of state investment to reach these goals and reduce tobacco use in each state.
Cancer Facts and Figures 2003
An annual publication from American Cancer Society, this year's edition features a special section on tobacco cessation.
Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment by Union Health and Welfare Funds
[Barbeau E, Li Y, et al. American Journal of Public Health 2001; 91(9):1412-1415]. This article presents the results of a survey to determine the level of insurance coverage for smoking cessation treatment and factors associated with coverage among health and welfare funds affiliated with a large labor union. Purchase a copy of this article.
First 5 Community Guide for Supporting Effective Tobacco Cessation Services
Based on best practices, this guide from the Center for Health Improvement includes recommendations, case studies, and sample documents to assist commissions in their efforts to help pregnant women and parents quit smoking.
National Blueprint for Action: Youth and Young Adult Tobacco Use Cessation Download PDF
Published in the Spring of 2000 by the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC), this blueprint was developed as a consensus document to guide decisions regarding funding research and programs related to youth tobacco-use cessation; to reflect common goals and objectives among national organizations that fund such efforts; to help ensure that funding plans and programs across organizations build the strongest possible national efforts to support youth cessation; and to coordinate funding efforts.
The National Partnership To Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Action Plan 2002
This document describes the original vision, goals and strategies for the National Partnership To Help Pregnant Smokers Quit. The action plan outlines interventions in six areas: the healthcare system, policy, communities and worksites, the media, research, and state outreach.
The National Partnership To Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Native American Action Plan
This document describes how to tailor the 5 A's to American Indian populations. The 30-page illustrated manual contains case studies, lessons learned, and recommendations for multiple audiences.
Treating Tobacco Use
and Dependence: A Planning Guide for Obstetric Health Care Practice
Sites
The purpose of this planning guide is to assist obstetric health care practice sites that
provide pre- and post-natal care in treating tobacco use and dependence in pregnant and
postpartum women.
Practice Guideline Manual: San Diego Partnership for Smoke-Free Families
This manual contains valuable lessons learned, recommendations for
program implementation, and samples of program materials from a
successful comprehensive tobacco treatment project.
Preventive Services: Helping States Improve Mandates Download PDF
Developed by the Partnership for Prevention, this guide uses available evidence and assistance from health plans, health researchers, and voluntary health associations to aid state legislators and governors to refine their existing preventive service mandates and improve utilization of effective preventive care among their state populations.
Proceedings of a Conference on What Works to Influence Cessation in the General Population
This publication shares research and statistics on cessation at the population level. It relies heavily on representative surveys of smoking behaviors in state and national populations in order to define measures of cessation that can be used to assess the effects of tobacco control programs or public policy changes on smoking behavior. Those measures are then used to identify who is quitting, who is being successful, who is being exposed to various tobacco control interventions, and which tobacco interventions are working well.
Promoting Telephone-Based Tobacco Cessation Services: A collaborative approach to moving the promotion dialogue forward
A fact sheet produced by the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC).
Quitline Basics: Telephone-Based Cessation Services that Help Tobacco Users Quit
A fact sheet produced by the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC).
Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATI): The Future of Tobacco Cessation?
A fact sheet produced by the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC).
