Quitlines

AAFP Quitline Referral Cards -- It only takes 30 seconds to refer your patients to a toll-free tobacco cessation quitline. While quantities last, you can get free quitline referral wallet cards for your patients. Call (800) 944-0000 and order item #966.

National Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has created a national quitline number, 1-800-QUIT-NOW. The toll-free number (1-800-784-8669) is a single access link to the national network of tobacco cessation quitlines.

North American Quitline Map -- Quitline Map (list of state/local quitline phone numbers, Web sites, and other services) from the North American Quitline Consortium.

Quitline Basics: Telephone-Based Cessation Services That Help Tobacco Users Quit -- An overview from the North American Quitline Consortium on what quitlines are and how and why they work.
(4-page PDF file; About PDFs)

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center "30 Seconds to Save a Life" -- The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aims to increase smoking cessation rates and increase the number of health professionals who help smokers quit.

Telephone Quitlines: A Resource for Development, Implementation and Evaluation -- A document from the CDC to help state health departments, health care organizations, and employers contract for and monitor telephone-based cessation services. It's also to inform those who are interested in learning more about population-based approaches to tobacco cessation.

Telephone Quitlines Succeed Where Other Methods Have Failed -- An article from the American Cancer Society about the effectiveness of quitlines.