Provider Toolkit

Guides

The Healthcare Provider Toolkit is an evidence-based resource for clinicians to help their patients quit tobacco. The influence a clinician’s advice can have on a patient’s tobacco use is enormous. In fact, minimal interventions the last between one to three minutes have shown to increase your patient’s success in quitting.

• Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch Provider Toolkit to Treat Tobacco Use and Dependence
• This toolkit has detailed strategies and tips Texas providers can use to assist patients in their journey toward a tobacco-free life.

• Billing Codes Guide
• This guide has detailed description on billing codes and procedures codes providers can use for treating tobacco dependency.

• Pharmacotherapy Quick Guide Card Front Side | Pharmacotherapy Quick Guide Card Back side
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) increases quitting success rate when combined with intensive behavior counselling.

• Healthcare Providers: Tools and Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC has tools and resources on tobacco prevention and cessation available to assist providers.

• CDC Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Reference Guide
| Pharmacotherapy Quick Guide Card Front Side | Pharmacotherapy Quick Guide Card Back side
• Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) increases quitting success rate when combined with intensive behavior counselling.

• Healthcare Providers: Tools and Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDC has tools and resources on tobacco prevention and cessation available to assist providers.

• CDC Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Reference Guide
• CDC has comprehensive information on treating tobacco dependency and national resources available to assist providers. This document contains strategies and recommendations designed to assist clinicians; tobacco dependence treatment specialists; and healthcare administrators, insurers, and purchasers in delivering and supporting effective treatments for tobacco use and dependence.

• Help Your Patient Quit Smoking- Start a Referral
• Visit the Texas Tobacco Quitline referral portal to refer your patient and help them start their journey to be tobacco-free life.

last updated August 21, 2023