Tobacco Cessation - You Can Quit Smoking Now!

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update includes new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence and the latest information to help people quit smoking.

• What's New
• Clinician Materials
• Systems Decisionmaker Material
• Consumer Materials
• Banner Graphics for Linking
• Ordering Information for 2008 Guideline and Related Materials
• Surgeon General Reports
• Press Releases
• Speeches
• More Resources

What's New 

• Supplement: Corrections and Additions to the 2008 Guideline Update
• Slide Presentation: Full Set
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—Quick Reference Guide (PDF File, 620 KB)
• Systems Change: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence

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Clinician Materials

• Helping Smokers Quit—A Guide for Clinicians (PDF File, 190 KB)
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update—Clinical Practice Guideline
  • Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence (PDF File, 2 MB)
  • En español: Guía de tratamiento del tabaquismo (PDF File, 2.3 MB PDF Ayuda)
• Supplement: Corrections and Additions to the 2008 Guideline Update
• General Guideline References (PDF File, 200 KB)
• References for Studies in Meta-analyses
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—Quick Reference Guide (PDF File, 620 KB)
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Slide Presentations
  • Slide Presentation (Full set)
  • Slide Presentation (Overview)
• Tear Sheets: Primary Care Providers (PDF File, 60 KB; Text Version)
  • En español (PDF File, 60 KB; Text Version)
• Tear Sheets: Prenatal Care Providers (PDF File, 538 KB; Text Version)
  • En español (PDF File, 514 KB; Text Version)

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Systems Decisionmaker Material

• Systems Change: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence

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Consumer Materials

• Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users (PDF File, 180 KB) (En español, PDF File, 175 KB)
• You Can Quit Smoking—Pocket card (PDF File, 39 KB)
  (En español, PDF File, 41 KB)
• Quitting Helps You Heal Faster—Hospital card (PDF File, 37 KB)
  (En español, PDF File, 38 KB)

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Banner Graphics for Linking

Ordering Information for 2008 Guideline and Related Materials

Single copies of these Guideline products and further information on the availability of other derivative products can be obtained by calling any of the following Public Health Service organizations’ toll-free numbers:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
800-358-9295

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
800-311-3435

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
800-4-CANCER

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Surgeon General Reports

• The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General
• The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General
• Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General
• Reducing Tobacco Use A Report of the Surgeon General
• SGR 4 KIDS: The Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking
• All Surgeon General Reports

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Press Releases

• New Evidence Provides Clinicians with Better Tools To Help Smokers Quit
• Statement by Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS — U.S. Surgeon General on Announcement by Pizza Hut and KFC Restaurants Banning Smoking
• U.S. Surgeon General Gives Tips to Fathers and Fathers-To-Be: Father's Day Tips for a Healthy Childhood
• U.S. Surgeon General Celebrates "World No Tobacco Day 2005" as Part of "The Year of The Healthy Child"
• U.S. Surgeon General Issues Second "Healthy Dozen" List - Toddlers
• U.S. Surgeon General Gives Tips to Mothers and Mothers-To-Be
• New Surgeon General's Report Expands List of Diseases Caused by Smoking

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Speeches

• The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2004
• Opening of meeting: Tobacco-Related Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
• Secondhand Smoke and Hispanic Families: Smart Decisions Result in Better Health
• National Oral Health Call to Action
• Can Tobacco Cure Smoking? A Review of Tobacco Harm Reduction

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More Resources

• Search the healthfinder® Web site for more Smoking Cessation resources.
• Visit the National Women's Health Information Center Web site for "A Breath of Fresh Air! Independence from Smoking," a special section to help women stop smoking.
• Go to the National Library of Medicine for consumer information on Smoking Cessation.
• You Can Quit Smoking Now -- www.smokefree.gov
• HHS National Quitline Number (1-800-QUITNOW)

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