Tools

PHARMACOTHERAPY

FDA Modifications to Labeling Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products

FDA Revised Drug Safety Communication on Chantix and Zyban

Letter from OMH and DOHMH describing unrestricted Medicaid Coverage for medications to treat tobacco use

Resources to Treat Tobacco Use for Prescribing Clinicians

Learn about the benefits of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) by watching Be Free with NRT. Using NRT may be helpful, even if you are not ready to quit.

Varenicline Educational Handout

Bupropion Education Handout

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Educational Handouts:
Patch, Gum, Lozenge, Nasal Spray, Inhaler

COUNSELING AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS

Self Report Tobacco Assessment

Heaviness of Smoking Index

Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence

Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index

Documenting Tobacco Use Interventions and Services

Learning About Healthy Living (LAHL) Group Manual

Learning About Healthy Living (LAHL) Group Poster

Facilitator Guide for all Behavioral Healthcare Staff

Menu of Strategies for Engaging People to Attend Tobacco Groups

Resources to Treat Tobacco Use for All Staff

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

Decisional Balance (4 open ended questions to explore ambivalence around change)

Readiness Ruler (A tool to assess importance, confidence, and readiness for change)

Contemplation Ladder

Learning About Healthy Living (LAHL) Group Manual

Learning About Healthy Living (LAHL) Group Poster

RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO SMOKE

Varenicline Educational Handout

Bupropion Education Handout

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Educational Handouts:
Patch, Gum, Lozenge, Nasal Spray, Inhaler

Self Report Tobacco Assessment

Real People Talk about Smoking- Rebecca didn’t survive suicide to die from smoking

You can quit smoking (creating a personalized quit plan)

Did you know (infographic around money people spend on tobacco)

Learn about the benefits of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) by watching Be Free with NRT. Using NRT may be helpful, even if you are not ready to quit.

Becoming Tobacco Free

IMPLEMENTING TREATMENT FOR TOBACCO USE

Tobacco integration Self-Evaluation Tool (TiSET)

Sample Implementation Plan for Providing Treatment of Tobacco Use in Your Program

Sample Tobacco Free Policy

Tobacco Free Facility Signs

Guide for Addressing Employees Who Use Tobacco

SMOKING CESSATION: A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL – Key Findings

Strategies for Sustaining Treatment for Tobacco Use

Enhance Your State’s Tobacco Cessation Efforts Among the Behavioral Health Population (a guide to help states and programs begin offering tobacco treatment)

Sending tobacco use up in smoke poster (for waiting rooms and other areas)

Learning About Healthy Living (LAHL) Group Poster

Talk to me about Smoking Posters: Let’s Talk, Talk to Me, We Care About Your Health

Billing guide for tobacco screening and cessation (from the American Lung Association)

Medicaid counseling information and billing codes (from NYC DOHMH)

Tobacco Treatment – what health care plans are required to cover (from the American Lung Association)