Who uses the Smoker's Quitline in Massachusetts?

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The effect of linking community health centers to a state-level smoker's quitline on rates of cessation assistance

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation quitlines are an effective yet largely untapped resource for clinician referrals. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a fax referral system that links community health centers (CHCs) with the New York State Quitline on rates of provider cessation assistance. METHODS This study was conducted in four CHCs using a quasi experimental study design. Two co...

Smoking Cessation Quitlines in Europe: Matching Services to Callers' Characteristics

BACKGROUND Telephone quitlines offer a wide range of services to callers, including advice and counsel, and information on pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation. But, little is known about what specific quitline services are offered to smokers and whether these services are appropriately matched to characteristics of smokers. This study examines how quitline services are matched to callers' lev...

Proactive enrollment of parents to tobacco quitlines in pediatric practices is associated with greater quitline use: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND Every U.S. state has a free telephone quitline that tobacco users can access to receive cessation assistance, yet referral rates for parents in the pediatric setting remain low. This study evaluates, within pediatric offices, the impact of proactive enrollment of parents to quitlines compared to provider suggestion to use the quitline and identifies other factors associated with pare...

Offering free NRT through a tobacco quitline: impact on utilisation and quit rates.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact on quitline utilisation and cessation outcomes of adding free nicotine patches to the existing programme offerings. METHODS Tobacco use status data from the Ohio tobacco quitline were collected from a subset of quitline callers 6 months after the initial intake call. To evaluate the impact of the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) initiative, quit rates for two ...