Patient Cessation Materials

Healthcare providers can play a key role in decreasing cigarette smoking, the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. These resources, some printable, can help you start a conversation about cessation with patients and remind them that quitting tobacco use is a commitment to better health.

• Notepads – These referral notepads for healthcare providers and counselors provide information about quit smoking resources, including the quitline, the National Texting Portal, and CDC.gov/quit. Clinicians can order these notepads for free or download and print single pages
• CDC’s How to Quit Smoking web page
• Quit Smoking Medicines. Information for your patients about FDA-approved smoking cessation medications.
• Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC). A collection of free and low-cost tobacco education campaign materials to support your communications efforts.