Office Resources and Patient Education Materials

For Patients

AAFP Stop Smoking Materials -- Order patient chart stickers, door knob hangers, and brochures.

AAFP Patient Education Materials on Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco -- Smoking: Steps to help you break the habit from familydoctor.org. Available in English and Spanish.

Free Online Materials for Consumers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Information to help people quit smoking and to help health care professionals treat tobacco use and dependence. Materials are available in English and Spanish in PDF and text formats.

Free Posters and Brochures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- Tobacco prevention and cessation materials from the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS). Available in English and Spanish.

Free Publications from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- Tobacco prevention and cessation materials from the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS). Available in English and Spanish.

Free Publications from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) -- Tobacco control materials including fact sheets, monographs, reports, posters, consumer guides, etc. Available in English and Spanish.

Freedom From Smoking Online -- A free online smoking cessation program from the American Lung Association. Seven modules take smokers through the steps to quitting.

Kick the Habit -- Online tips on how to quit from the American Cancer Society.

No Smoking Room -- A Dartmouth Medical School Website for girls ages 8-11.

Online Guide to Quitting -- An interactive guide from Smokefree.gov takes patients through the steps to quitting and staying quit.

AAFP Quitline Referral Cards -- It only takes 30 seconds to refer your patients to a toll-free tobacco cessation quitline. While quantities last, you can get free quitline referral wallet cards for your patients. Call (800) 944-0000 and order item #966.

You Can Quit Smoking: Consumer Packet -- The "You Can Quit Smoking" kit from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) contains guidelines and products to help patients quit. The materials are available in English and Spanish in PDF and text formats.

For Clinicians and Providers

Free Online Materials for Clinicians from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Information to help health care professionals treat tobacco use and dependence and to help people quit smoking. Materials are available in English and Spanish in PDF and text formats.

Handheld Computer Smoking Intervention Tool -- This tool from the National Cancer Institute is designed to assist clinicians with smoking cessation counseling at the point of care. It can be used with both Palm and Microsoft Pocket PC handheld computers.

Smoking and Tobacco Control Monographs -- A series of reports from the National Cancer Institute that provide ongoing and timely information about emerging public health issues in smoking and tobacco use control.

The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit -- Programs, services and products to help you incorporate evidence-based smoking cessation counseling into your routine care of pregnant women.

Tobacco-free Magazines -- A list of magazines, available through AAFP's Physicians Magazine Program, that do not contain tobacco advertising.

Tobacco Free Nurses -- A smoking cessation site for nurses who want to quit. Includes tools, resources, scientific guidelines and access to counselors.

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: The U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline -- An AHRQ how-to guide for implementing the clinical practice guideline. It contains information about developing a system, advising patients, special populations, and reimbursement, as well as products for clinicians and consumers.