Don't Be Silent About Smoking

WelcomeWelcome to Tobacco Cessation Centers

Talk with your patients about tobacco - Join the A list

Use the 5A's to support your patients to quit. The US DHHS Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline* recommends five major steps for intervention in the primary care setting to help patients to quit smoking. Learn More

Ask

Ask every patient at every visit "Do you smoke?" Document tobacco use status along with vital signs.

Advise

In a clear, strong, and personalized manner, urge every tobacco user to quit. Tailor your advice to the patient’s clinical situation.

Assess

Is the smoker willing to make a quit attempt at this time? Patients not ready to quit may need additional motivational counseling, such as the "5 R's".

Assist

For the patient willing to make a quit attempt, use counseling and pharmacotherapy to help him or her quit. Use the Fax to Quit referral form to connect patients with counseling and other support provided by the NY State Smokers' Quitline 1-866-NY-QUITS (1-866-697-8487).

Arrange

Schedule follow-up contact, in person or by telephone, preferably within the first week after the quit date.


Your support can increase their chances of quitting 5-fold. Learn More

Leslie Blair

A message from the coordinator:

The focus of the Tobacco Cessation Center is to work with health care providers to develop supportive systems and policies that allow for the routine identification all tobacco users and provision of appropriate evidence based cessation treatments for those interested in quitting.

Recently the program has helped spearhead efforts to encourage area hospitals to adopt smokefree campus policies. Click on the links below to:

Become a smokefree hospital campus- link opens to: www.roswellpark.org/smokefreetoolkit

Help my patients quit smoking: Link opens to: www.talktoyourpatients.org

An invitation to Physicians, Physicians Assistants and Nurse Practitioners to earn 20 CME’s by participating in the Tobacco Cessation Performance Improvement Project! If your provider office is located in:

Erie County – Contact: Kimberly Bank 845-8255

Niagara County – Contact: Sandra Marasco 462-9020

Genesee County – Contact: Leslie Blair 845-8981