Tricia Brein, MPH, CHES

Education and Outreach Specialist

UW-Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention

The New Wisconsin Quit Line: Effective Treatment for your Patients Who Smoke

What is the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line?

FREE resource

Telephone based cessation support & counseling

Multiple languages

Potential to reach large numbers of tobacco users

1-877-2NO-FUME en Español

What happens when a person calls the Quit Line?

Initial assessment– Gauges type of caller (tobacco user vs. proxy),

readiness to quit, and next steps

Tailored advice on how to quit

Self-help materials

Referrals to local tobacco treatment programs and insurance providers

Information for friends and family members

Quit Line Highlights

46,000 people have called the Quit Line since 2001

Callers are four times more likely to quit than those without help

92 percent of callers are satisfied with the service

$42 million in healthcare costs saved by the Quit Line

The Quit Line and the 5 A’s

ASK about tobacco use

ADVISE to quit

ASSESS willingness to make a quit attempt

ASSIST in quit attempt

ARRANGE follow-up

Case Studies

Susan Flood

She called the Quit Line when the cravings got bad

“I loved it, it was great…I’m glad the Quit Line sent me the information. I read it over and over.”

Lois Smith Asked to have her picture taken with her Quit Line

counselors

“I thought the Quit Line was really beneficial… “The counselors have a lot of great things to tell you about quitting.”

London Scott

Called the Quit Line as a study participant

“I tried quitting ‘cold turkey’ and that didn’t work.”

Fax To Quit

Gives tobacco users the option of having a Quit Line counselor contact him/her to provide an individualized intervention

Fax to Quit form found in the Health Facts for You folder

– Patient provides contact information and a signature and the Quit Line calls him/her at home

The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is a FREE, effective resource that you can use to help your patients quit tobacco use.

The Fax to Quit Program offers an opportunity to directly link your patients with Quit Line resources.

UWHC has a Health Facts for You folder to help you help your patients quit.

Summary

Contact Information

Tricia BreinUW-Center for Tobacco Research

and Intervention1930 Monroe St. #200Madison, WI 53711

trb@ctri.medicine.wisc.eduwww.ctri.wisc.edu