At a glance
The resources below present the most recent evidence and clinical guidelines for treating tobacco use and dependence. You will also find usable tools to guide your practice and help you integrate tobacco treatment into routine clinical care.
Tools and resources for clinicians and health systems
- You Can Help Your Patients Quit Tobacco Use. This document provides suggestions and free resources to help you support your patients in quitting tobacco use.
- A Practical Guide to Help Your Patients Quit Using Tobacco. This guide provides simple steps and suggested language that you can use to briefly intervene with patients who use tobacco.
- Protocol for Identifying and Treating Patients Who Use Tobacco. Create your own tobacco screening and treatment protocol using the Million Hearts® template. This template is based on the most recent clinical guidelines for treating tobacco use and dependence.
- Identifying and Treating Patients Who Use Tobacco: Action Steps for Clinicians. Use this companion guide with the Million Hearts® tobacco treatment protocol. It contains practical information and action steps to enable health care providers to effectively treat tobacco use and dependence.
- Tobacco Cessation Change Package. This Million Hearts® quality improvement resource contains actionable ideas, useful resources, and health system design considerations to help health systems and practices increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco cessation interventions.
- Tobacco Cessation Change Package Tutorial Video
- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: A Quick Reference Guide. This guide summarizes the findings from the Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, Clinical Practice Guideline: 2008 Update. This includes a summary of evidence-based cessation treatments and information for health care decision making.
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Tobacco Cessation Recommendations. Read the USPSTF's most recent recommendations for cessation interventions for adults, including pregnant women.
- The Community Guide. The Guide to Community Preventive Services has systematic reviews of tobacco cessation interventions.