Developed by the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, the Essential Tobacco Treatment Toolkit contains resources for health care professionals and patients who want to quit tobacco use. Available for free upon registration on the program's website.

Smoking increases the formation of plaque in blood vessels. Coronary Heart Disease occurs when arteries that carry blood to the heart muscle are narrowed by plaque or blocked by clots. Chemicals in cigarette smoke cause the blood to thicken and form clots inside veins and arteries.

This narrative review presents a concise summary of the major smoking cessation strategies studied in the emergency department (ED) setting for adults, children and pregnant ED patients. Additionally, this review presents the strategies to increase the uptake of smoking cessation in the ED, as well as an international perspective of smoking cessation efforts in the ED.

Providers can share this flyer with patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

This document from Million Hearts provides evidence-based strategies for clinicians to identify and treat patients who use tobacco.

This is a fillable form providers can use to personalize interventions for patients who smoke.

This video, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shows the health benefits of quitting smoking, no matte the age or how long or how much a person has smoked.

This website, maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lists evidence and clinical guidelines for treating tobacco use and dependence. Providers will also find usable tools to guide their practice and help them integrate tobacco treatment into routine clinical care.

It's important to talk to patients about quitting tobacco use. If providers aren't sure how to start the conversation, this website has resources to help them.

Tobacco dependence is recognized as a chronic disease, one that typically requires ongoing assessment and repeated intervention. In this update on previously published guidelines, the Tobacco Use and Dependence Guidance Panel notes that the most effective way to help tobacco users quit is to provide them with information about multiple effective treatment options.

This guide summarizes the strategies for helping people end their dependence on tobacco, published in full in Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update. The guide includes an easy-to-follow "5A's" model for treating tobacco use and dependence

This is a patient information resource from QuitAssist®. Refer patients to this website so they can review the "5 Keys for Quitting."

This website features materials for state tobacco control programs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health.

This is a patient information resource from smokefree.gov. Refer patients to this website so they can review the different tools that can help them quit their tobacco use.

This report presents the World Health Organization's estimates of tobacco use prevalence, numbers of users, and changes between 2000 and 2018, projected to 2025. Estimates are at global, regional and country levels.

The Lung Association is a leader in the area of tobacco cessation policy at the federal, state and local levels. This website includes resources to assist states in achieving smoking cessation goals, along with information about tobacco cessation coverage policy and health systems change.

The CDC published this guide to give clinicians a simple and quick intervention strategy (three-to-five minutes) to use with patients who smoke or use other tobacco products.

Electronic health records (EHRs) can be a valuable tool for providers when advising and assisting patients who want to quit smoking. The American Lung Association published this six-page paper to share promising practices and lessons learned for those who want to work with health systems to integrate or improve tobacco cessation into EHRs.

This quality improvement tool, created by the CDC, is intended for health care professionals in outpatient, inpatient and behavioral health settings that work with public health professionals who provide treatment to patients who use tobacco. The change package can help clinical teams increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco cessation interventions and incorporate these interventions into the clinical workflow.

This quality improvement tool, created by the CDC, is intended for health care professionals in outpatient, inpatient and behavioral health settings that work with public health professionals who provide treatment to patients who use tobacco. The change package can help clinical teams increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco cessation interventions and incorporate these interventions into the clinical workflow.

NAQC is an international, non-profit membership organization that promotes evidence-based quitline services across diverse communities in North America. More than 400 organizations and individuals make up NAQC’s membership. NACQ members help fund quitlines, conduct research around quitline-related topics, advance national cessation policies, and work in other areas of tobacco control. NAQC’s Quitline Map shows contact information and services offered in the United States and Canada.

NAQC’s Quitline Map shows contact information and services offered in the United States and Canada.

Download this two-page handout the TMF Quality Innovation Network developed to help clinicians identify patients who need tobacco cessation support and then provide treatment to those who are tobacco users.

Providers can share this flyer with Spanish-speaking patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with Spanish-speaking patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with Spanish-speaking patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with Spanish-speaking patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with Spanish-speaking patients who want to quit using tobacco products.

Providers can share this flyer with Spanish-speaking patients who want to quit using tobacco products.