Tobacco-Free Alaska > Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - Provider Assisted Tobacco Cessation

Tobacco Intervention: Helping Alaskans Quit

Healthcare providers play a critical role in helping Alaskans quit tobacco. The Brief Tobacco Intervention: Helping Alaskans Quit is a free, online CME training that provides the education necessary to talk to your patients about quitting tobacco.

• The Brief Tobacco Intervention: Helping Alaskans Quit training

Fax Referral Program

Healthcare Providers can refer their patients directly to Alaska’s Tobacco Quit Line using the Fax Referral Program.

• Click here for the Fax Referral Form
  (Updated 04/20/2017)

Healthcare Systems Change Manual

Healthcare facilities across Alaska are implementing the US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines and adopting tobacco-free campus policies. To learn more about how you can implement policies such as these in your organization click here>

Healthcare Provider Fact Sheets

The Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program has a variety of fact sheets available for healthcare providers:

• Tobacco Facts for Alaska Natives
• Tobacco Use and Asthma
• Tobacco Use and Behavioral Health
• Tobacco Use and COPD
• Tobacco Use and Diabetes
• Tobacco Use and Oral Health
• Tobacco Use and Motherhood
• Facts About Smokeless Tobacco
• Tobacco Facts about Hookahs
  
• Tobacco Facts for Surgery

For more information and resources on electronic cigarettes please click here>

To order more Alaska Tobacco Quit Line Materials please click here>

Medicaid

Did you know that Alaska Medicaid covers tobacco cessation medications and counseling? 

• Click here to access resources for healthcare providers
• Click here to access resources for pharmacists

Alaska's Tobacco Quit Line: http://alaskaquitline.com/