Tobacco Treatment Resources For Health Care Providers

Resources

We’ve completely redesigned the way you can engage your patients and communities regarding the 5A's (brief interventions for tobacco treatment) and 5R's (motivational interviewing for tobacco treatment readiness) and Tobacco Treatment Pharmacotherapy Options.

Here is an infographic with the 5As: a brief intervention for tobacco treatment. The 5 major steps are Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange. Download

This infographic defines the 5Rs: a motivational interviewing for tobacco treatment readiness. These 5 steps are to motivate those who smoke and are unwilling to quit. The 5 R's are: Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, and Repetition. Download

This infographic is a quick reference tool for healthcare providers to view tobacco treatment pharmacotherapy options as well as nicotine withdrawal management pharmacotherapy. It also includes a quick guide to a best practice evidence-based clinician approach. Download

This brief presents the tobacco use disparities among individuals living with mental illness. Tobacco use hinders recovery by increasing poor physical health outcomes, exacerbating mental health symptoms, causing individuals to have less expendable income, and presenting challenges to affordable housing. Download

This policy brief entails a proposal for further research regarding tobacco treatment interventions among people with mental illness. Download

A Guide for Kentucky Mental and Behavioral Healthcare Providers. Download

As rates of mental health challenges increase in the United States, reducing risk factors for suicide remains a public health concern. Tobacco use is an important factor associated with increased suicide risk. Download

A TTS is someone who has a thorough understanding and the required training to carry out evidence-based interventions that help individuals struggling with tobacco addiction. They are experts in addressing the negative health impacts of tobacco use, providing support for individuals who desire tobacco use treatment and advocating strategies to promote tobacco-free environments.

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Additional Behavioral Health and Tobacco Policy and Treatment Resources From Our Partners

A Toolkit to Address Tobacco Use in Behavioral Health Settings

This guide is for mental health and substance use professionals.

BH The Change is a searchable depository of tobacco related resources funded by the CDC.

Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities Related to Tobacco Use Among Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: An Implementation Toolkit for Statewide Tobacco Control Programs

This toolkit encourages a strengthened focus in identifying and addressing tobacco-related health disparities among individuals with MH/SUDs.

Toolkit: Enhance your State's Tobacco Cessation Efforts among the Behavioral Health Population

This toolkit provides background on tobacco use in the BH population and recommended methods for creating change.

Why Tobacco and Behavioral Health?

An infographic outlining the severity of tobacco use in behavioral health populations.

Guide for Implementing Tobacco Cessation in Behavioral Health Populations

A downloadable toolkit for Program Directors and Clinicians that can help clinicians implement a tobacco cessation program for individuals with serious mental illness.

BH Wellness Projects

View Projects by the BH WELLNESS team.

Smoking and Mental Health: Five Things Every Health Care Provider Should Know

A 1-page document with 5 important realities about patients with mental illness who smoke.

Mental Health Home Page

CDC's Home Page for Mental Health.
Related Mental Health in the Workplace infographic

Smoking and Tobacco Use Home Page

Visit this page to find fact sheets, data, shareable content, and other tools.

State Menthol Fact Sheets

This interactive map of the U.S. and the District of Columbia provides state specific menthol fact sheets that include estimates of “adults who currently smoke, commonly use menthol cigarettes, and are seriously considering quitting smoking; the economic cost of cigarette smoking within the state; projected number of individuals in the state that would quit smoking if menthol were no longer accessible; state Medicaid coverage; the state’s smoking quitline utilization; and the amount of funds CDC provides for the state quitline.” (Centers for Prevention and Disease Control)

Multimedia & Tools Home Page

Search this depository for infographics and other shareable media related to smoking and tobacco use.

Adult Tobacco Use Infographic

View this infographic detailing tobacco use by American adults.

Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Multiunit Housing

An infographic detailing secondhand smoke exposure in multiunit housing.
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Harmful Chemicals in Secondhand Smoke

Secondhand smoke and the harmful chemicals in it are known causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SUDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children. They are also causes of heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in adult nonsmokers.

E-cigarette Use in Public Places

A flyer on E-cigarette Use in Public Places.

Director's Briefing: Smoking among Adults with Mental Illness

A brief video giving background on tobacco use by individuals living with mental and behavioral health challenges.

What to Tell your Patients about Smoking

A flyer detailing how to tell your patients about smoking and help them stop tobacco use.

Kansas Tobacco Guideline for Behavioral Health Care: An Implementation Toolkit

This toolkit provides practical approaches and policy resources that behavioral health organizations can use to implement the Tobacco Guideline for Behavioral Health.

How Can Tobacco Treatment Skills Help You? UK's Tobacco Treatment Specialist Graduate Certificate program will prepare you to deliver evidence-based treatment and promote system change to reduce the toll of tobacco on health. The BREATHE Online Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) training is designed to equip you with evidence-based skills to treat tobacco dependence across a range of settings.

Handling Nicotine Withdrawal and Triggers for When you Decide to Stop Tobacco Use

Information and numerous links to additional resources for what to expect when stopping tobacco use.

Tobacco/ Nicotine and Vaping Home Page

View research and related media and resources related to tobacco on this page.

Research Report: Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarette Use

Coping with Stress when Quitting Tobacco

Stopping tobacco use can be stressful. This infographic gives tips on coping with this stress.

Health Concerns Related to Smoking and Tobacco Use

Information about smoking and tobacco use not specific to behavioral health.

Educational Infographics related to Health Impacts about Tobacco Use

A collection of infographics regarding the health impacts of tobacco use.

Theory-based and evidence-informed resources created by educators, parents, and researchers aimed at preventing middle and high school students’ use of tobacco and nicotine.

Visit SAMHSA's home page.

Visit SAMHSA's Behavioral Health Treatments and Services page.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

View data, resources, and other links related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Tips for Teens - Tobacco Use

An infographic on teen tobacco use.

Tips for Teens - E-cigarette Use

An infographic on teen e-cigarette use.

Implementing Tobacco Cessation Programs in a Substance Use Disorder Treatment Setting

A guide for clinicians and program directors with an overview of challenges and tips for cessation program implementation.

Synar Program

The Synar Amendment requires states to have laws prohibiting the sale and distribution of tobacco products to minors. Visit this page to learn more.

Visit their home page and their Quitting Tobacco page.

Truth Initiative is a nonprofit tobacco control organization "dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco.

Vaping Nicotine and Mental Health Infographic

News Article: Tobacco is a Social Justice Issue

This brief article discusses the reality that a disproportionately high rate (1 of 3) of adults with mental illness use tobacco products as opposed to 1 in 5 adults without mental illness.

Colliding Crises: Youth Mental Health and Nicotine Use