Ask your patients at every visit if they use tobacco and help them quit

• Use the Starting the Conversation tools.  Assess patient readiness to change behavior, briefly counsel each patient, and set behavior change goals.  These tools can help you increase efficiency. 
• Use the Five A's protocol to effectively counsel patients.
• Use the Fax Referral Form to refer patients to the N.C. Tobacco Use Quitline.  Join other healthcare professionals around the state by participating in the Quitline Champion Challenge for all hospitals
• Learn what to expect when you refer a patient to the Quitline 
• Read the latest articles about tobacco cessation research and special populations in our Tobacco Cessation Research Library

Patient Education Materials

• Improve your health by quitting
• Money you save by quitting  (English) (Spanish)
• How secondhand smoke affects me and the people I love
• Cessation Medication Information
• NC Quitline Flyer
• NC Quitline Brochure (English) (Spanish) 
• NC Quitline Poster