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For Pharmacists

Key partners in the fight against smoking and tobacco addiction.

Your encouragement and counsel can help a patient make the decision to quit tobacco use, even if they’ve tried in the past. There has never been a more important time for your patients to quit tobacco. Although smoking rates increased during the pandemic, COVID-19 also created motivation to quit tobacco. Patients may be more receptive now, and because of your trusted guidance and availability to them throughout the pandemic, you are the provider they will mostly likely turn to.

Resources

802Quits is your resource for everything tobacco cessation.

As the demand for prescription and non-prescription tobacco treatment support rises in Vermont, so does the need for pharmacists to understand the full range of free services available to patients. Here you’ll find:

As the role of pharmacy in tobacco cessation continues to evolve, policy implications, new protocols, additional materials and more links to tobacco training/CEUs for pharmacy and tech staff will be added.

Training Opportunities

As the role of pharmacists in tobacco cessation continues to evolve, policy implications, new protocols, additional materials and more links to tobacco training/CEUs for pharmacy and tech staff will be added.

QuitLogix Education Tobacco Cessation Courses

Visit QuitLogix

RX for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation Training Program

Visit RX For Change

Order Support Materials

Order free support materials to support your patients on their quit journey. Materials developed with help from Vermont providers and endorsed by practices.

Order Support Materials

Downloadable Material

Download printable materials to support your patients on their quit journey.

Pharmacists are key partners in the fight against smoking and tobacco addiction.

See what other pharmacists are saying.

  • Lauren Bode
    Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-VT
    Pharmacists are absolutely the right people to help patients tackle tobacco cessation because we have such frequent contact. A patient may see their PCP three times a year; they may see their pharmacist five times that amount
  • Bill Breen
    Genoa Healthcare in Lamoille County Mental Health Services
    It’s very rewarding for us to see someone quit smoking. It makes us feel like we did our job. I feel good when something like that happens.
  • Savannah Cheeseman
    Hannaford Pharmacy
    This is the time for patients to focus on themselves. Helping someone get started on smoking cessation is a place to put their health first as a priority.

Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefits

It’s easier now than ever to help your patients quit. And many Vermonters aren’t aware of the comprehensive benefits available through Medicaid and the 802Quits programming for tobacco cessation, including:

  • Up to 16 face-to-face tobacco cessation counseling sessions
  • Up to $250 in rewards.
  • Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy with a doctor’s prescription
  • Up to $250 in gift cards while trying to quit during and after pregnancy

Must be a Vermont resident age 18 or older. Eligibility will be determined upon enrollment. Some conditions apply.

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