CESSATION RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR CONVERSATIONS

Use these materials to start conversations, motivate your patients and make interactions about quitting easier.

New Vermont Quit Guide. This free 44-page guide will help your patients step-by-step to know their triggers, be ready for challenges, line up support, decide on medications and stay quit. Order for your Vermont practice at tobaccovt@vermont.gov or download the 802Quits Quit Guide (PDF).

Patient doesn’t appear “ready,” or they’ve tried many times: You can motivate them to consider quitting just by asking. Use these talking points (PDF) developed by Vermont providers.

Videos to help make the most of your patient interactions: Created for and by medical professionals, Quit Clips developed by Pfizer are short, engaging smoking cessation “explainer” videos. Videos address misconceptions of quitting, neurobiology of the addiction, recommendations for talking to patients and more. References, resources and explanations for clinicians accompany each video.

Smoking’s effects on the body: Explore with your patient how smoking impacts the entire body with this interactive graphic.

Share all the available cessation pathways with free quit medication: Download a PDF handout of this chart for patients.

Supporting youth who are addicted to nicotine:

Local Leaders on Tobacco Cessation

Watch videos of Vermont providers discussing providers’ roles in tobacco cessation.

Dr. Walter Gundel highlights that a simple patient referral to 802Quits.org can be done in less than a minute. (05:10)

Dr. Harry Chen reminds physicians of the powerful role they play when they refer patients to 802Quits.org. (02:46)

Dr. Jaskanwar Batra speaks about the abnormally high incidence of smoking related illnesses compared to complications from mental health. (04:22)

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