Tobacco Cessation Resources for Clinicians

The inclusion of web sites is intended to assist clinicians in finding additional information regarding the treatment of tobacco use and dependence and does not constitute endorsement of the contents of any particular site.

QUICK LINKS


National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Cancer Information Service (CIS) The major recommended resource that offers a broad array of tobacco-related resources for professionals, patients, and the general public. A non-exhaustive list follows:

NCI publications in English and Spanish
Materials can be ordered online or by calling 1-800-4-CANCER.

NCI LiveHelp
An on-line instant messaging service for those with Internet access to support efforts to quit smoking. Smoking Cessation Counselors are available from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Smoking Quitline
1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848)
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Local time, Monday - Friday
Smoking cessation counselors are available to answer smoking-related questions in English or Spanish.

Smoking and Cancer

The National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers

Tobacco Control Research
Other parts of the Federal Government develop and promote screening guidelines that are related to tobacco treatment.

What You Need To Know About ™ - Oral Cancer
The screening for oral cancer statement is available.

Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer: Treatment

Oral Cancer (PDQ®): Screening


Smokefree.gov
This is another major recommended NCI resource that offers science-driven tools, information, support, and free materials for helping smokers quit.

Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care
The site provides information including guides for addressing tobacco in managed care. Guidelines targeting special population are also available, such as pregnant women and individuals with chronic health condition.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The site includes consumer versions of clinical practice guidelines for smoking cessation.

American Academy of Family Physicians
The link provides updated online resources related to tobacco cessation.

American Heart Association
The web site provides information that especially related to heart disease.

American Legacy Foundation
The web site provides information related to preventing youth from smoking and helping adults quite smoking.

American Psychological Association
The user can search in the web site for psychological topics that related to smoking/tobacco use and cessation.


Medline Plus (English | Spanish)
The service is provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

Multicultural Health Communication Service
The website provides tobacco cessation educational materials in multiple languages.

National Cancer Institute
This web site provides information related to cancer topics, clinical trials, cancer statistics, research and funding, and updated news.

National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) English | Spanish
 The web site provides government reports, printed publication, summary of research findings, clinical guidelines, educational materials, and linkages to other related resources.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
The web site is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Information can be access through key work searching on the main page.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The web site provides information related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
The web site includes a brief description of the effects of tobacco use and the related statistics and trends. Links are provided for NIDA’s feature publications and NIDA resources on smoking/nicotine.

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
The mission of the Society is to stimulate the generation of new knowledge concerning nicotine in all its manifestations - from molecular to societal. By clicking on the various links on the website you can gain access to further information about the society, its publications, activities and membership.

World Health Organization
This page provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programs and offices working on smoking/tobacco cessation. Links to related web sites and topics are also included.