Links and Resources

Here are helpful links to smoking cessation information, tools and programs.

 

Resource/Web site:	Phone Number:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Downloadable patient education materials) http://www.ahcpr.gov/path/tobacco.htm	800-358-9295
American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org	800-277-2345
American Council on Science and Health (A reliable, consistent source for information on the direct harms of smoking) http://www.acsh.org/tobacco	212-362-7044
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org	800-242-8721
American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org	800-586-4872
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco	800-232-1311
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services (National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information) http://www.hhs.gov	301- 443-5700
Other web-based resources:
The Foundation for Innovation in Nicotine Dependence (Current smoking treatment methods and medication) http://www.findhelp.com
Surgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov

Tobacco Use and Dependence Treatment Resource List - Pennsylvania  

 

Pennsylvania Free "QUITLINE"

1-800-QUIT NOW (800-784-8669)

Toll-free phone counseling for Pennsylvania residents trying to quit smoking/tobacco use. The Quitline is a cooperative partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) and the American Cancer Society. Based on state-of-the-art techniques in smoking cessation, the service provides counseling and structured assistance for individuals who are committed to quitting. Phone calls are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with direct services typically offered during business hours.

Click here to find "Tobacco Settlement/Act 77" information about pre approved smoking cessation programs in several Pennsylvania counties. In addition, an online application to be recognized as a smoking cessation provider is available.

Pennsylvania Department of Health

717-783-6600

Providers in Pennsylvania with expertise in tobacco cessation who are currently enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program may provide tobacco cessation counseling services if they are preapproved with the DOH as a Tobacco Cessation Program. Providers can receive this preapproval, as long as they meet the DOH criteria, by contacting the DOH at the above number. Reimbursement for providing 15 minutes of "face-to-face" counseling (includes both individual and group sessions) is $15.00 per unit.

Pennsylvania Department of Health web site  

http://www.portal.health.state.pa.us/

Clean Air for Healthy Children

800-375-5217

Clean Air for Healthy Children, a continuing education program for clinicians who treat/counsel pregnant women, mothers, caregivers of young children and teens who smoke, is funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and contractually administered by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. For information regarding Clean Air for Healthy Children, contact Dottie Schell, Program Director, at the above number.