Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network

A network linking state and national cessation leaders to share information, resources and strategies.

The Network’s convening activity concluded in 2008. This site is kept as a record of the material it published.

Health Care Systems

This page reproduces material published by the Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network between 2005 and 2008. Names, roles, partners and funders are as published at that time and do not describe any current relationship, endorsement or funding. Nothing here is medical advice.

*NEW* Fax to Quit Manual: A Step-by-Step Guide for Healthcare Organizations (May 2006)
Developed by the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health.

Achievements in Tobacco Cessation: Case Studies (June 2000)
Case studies from the U.S. Public Health Service.

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Includes public health and prevention statements of support.

Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health
Presenters shared perspectives from Federal, state, purchaser and managed care experiences at the August 2001 meeting of the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Measurement Information Forms include common national smoking cessation performance measures for hospitals.

Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality (2003)
Institutes of Medicine’s recommendations for 20 priority areas to improve the quality of health care delivered to all Americans.

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (March 2001)
This report from the Institute of Medicine focuses on closing the quality gap between what we know to be good health care and the health care that people actually receive.

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: A Clinical Practice Guideline (USPHS, 2000)
An evidence-based guideline for clinicians, health care administrators, insurers and purchasers published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Designing a Model Cessation Benefit for Managed Care Coverage (November 2002) / California
Developed by the Next Generation California Tobacco Control Alliance (NGA), this short policy brief describes NGA's plan to make cessation treatments more accessible and available to Californians. The brief describes the proposed coverage and co-pays for pharmaceuticals (e.g., the patch) and counseling.

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: In Hospitalized Smokers (October 2002)
Designed to assist hospitals to successfully integrate smoking cessation interventions into every hospitalization for every patient admitted who smokes. Developed by the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School.

Publications:

Curry SJ, Grothaus LC, McAfee T, Pabiniah C (CK). Use and cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation services under four insurance plans in a health maintenance organization. New England Journal of Medicine 1998; 673-9.

Manley MW, Griffin T, Foldes SS, et al. The role of health plans in tobacco control. Annu Rev Public Health 2003. 24:247-266.

Quinn VP, Stevens VJ, Hollis JF, et. al. Tobacco cessation services and patient satisfaction in nine non-profit HMO’s. Am J Prev Med 2005; 29(2).

Revell, CC. Schroeder, SA. Simplicity matters: Using system-level changes to encourage clinician intervention in helping tobacco users quit. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2005; Vol 7, Suppl 1:S67-69.

Schauffler HH, Mc Menamin S, Olsen K, Boyce-Smith G, Rideout JA, Kamil J. Variations in treatment benefits influence smoking cessation: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Tobacco Control 2001;10:175-80.

Wagner E, Curry SJ, Grothuas L, et al. The impact of smoking and quitting on health care use. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:1789-1795.

Warner KE. Cost effectiveness of smoking-cessation therapies. Interpretation of the evidence and implications for coverage. Pharmacoeconomics 1997; 11(6):538?49.

West, R, Sohal T. "Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: findings from national survey. BMJ 2006;332:458-460.

Supplement: Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care. Nicotine & Tobacco Research - Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Volume 7 / Supplement 1 / April 2005.

Published 2005–2008 · Reviewed 10 August 2026

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