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Quitline.com


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This Web site contains tips and tools that consumers can use to quit tobacco use and that health care providers can use to help patients quit tobacco use. The site includes a toll-free number consumers can call for support as well as instructions on how health care providers can order free materials for patients such as reference cards and brochures. Washington State residents may also receive free nicotine patches or gum by calling the quit line and speaking to a quit coach.

The site also includes the following information:

  • Quit line services
    • Quit line coaches
    • Experience quit line
  • Reasons to quit
    • Cost of smoking (calculator)
    • Secondhand smoke
    • True stories
    • Quit for two
    • Video testimonials
  • Become a quitter
    • Quit tips
    • Quit plan
    • When you quit
    • Spit tobacco
  • Medicaid benefit
  • Resources
  • Media
Some of the resources are available in Spanish.

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.quitline.com

Developer

Washington State Department of Health

Funding Sources

Washington State Department of Health


QualityTool Topic

Prevention and Wellness


History

  • Release Date: 01/2004
  • Review Date: 12/2008
  • Original Summary: 12/2008
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QualityTool Classification
Disease/Clinical Category: spacer Smoking; Substance use disorders
Patient Population: spacer Vulnerable Populations > Substance abusers
Stage of Care: spacer Preventive care; Primary care
Setting of Care: spacer Ambulatory Setting > Physician office (individual), Physician office (group practice)
Patient Care Process: spacer Preventive Care Processes > Primary prevention; Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Counseling; Outreach to patients; Patient education; Provider-patient communication
IOM Domains of Quality: spacer Effectiveness; Patient-centeredness
QualityTool Format: spacer Brochure/Poster; Calculator; Slide Presentation/Video/DVD; Web site; Workbook/Manual/Guide
QualityTool Topic: spacer Prevention and Wellness
Developer: spacer Washington State Department of Health
Funding Sources: spacer Washington State Department of Health

 

Last updated: December 22, 2008.

 

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