Spreading the Word
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
This project included three activities in conjunction with the April 1996 release of the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline.
Although tobacco use has decreased, it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Implementing a combination of policy changes including clean indoor air laws, higher per-pack taxes, and cessation efforts are proven to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Pocket Guide to Help Smokers Quit Goes to 200,000 Primary Care Docs in 1996
July 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The AMA produced and disseminated a pocket guide, Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Primary Care Clinicians, prepared by the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research as a summary of its Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation.
Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: CD-ROM Training Tool for Health Care Providers Improves Their Treatment of Pregnant Smokers
May 8, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Dartmouth Medical School created, assessed and distributed Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond, a multimedia educational tool to help health care practitioners treat tobacco dependence in pregnant women.
National Medical Association Promotes Smoking-Cessation Guidelines to Its Members
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Medical Association engaged African-American clinicians in training others to follow a clinical practice guideline on smoking cessation and in disseminating and implementing the guideline, Smoking Cessation, Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 18.
Researchers Draw Up a Blueprint for Reducing Smoking
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 2000, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released revised guidelines for clinical and community tobacco cessation interventions that have the potential to reduce smoking rates nationally.
Organizations of Health Professionals Distribute a Blueprint to Reduce Smoking
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention developed strategies for dissemination of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation to health care providers.
Making Tobacco Use a Vital Sign in Managed Care
March 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The National Committee for Quality Assurance, an accrediting organization for managed care plans, issued a "Call for Measures" inviting public participation in revising its Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set.
Stub it Out!
August 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1997, researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, carried out a project to determine the best mechanisms for disseminating information about the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guideline on Smoking Cessation to labor union leaders and membership.
Experts Identify Ways to Increase Use of Evidence-Based Tobacco-Cessation Programs
August 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
RWJF supported two projects designed to promote the use of evidence-based tobacco-cessation treatments and services.
Doctors Need to Give More Smoking Cessation Advice
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The University of Wisconsin helped the Allina Medical Clinic to conduct a group randomized trial to determine the effectiveness of a smoking cessation strategy based on the ACHPR guideline.