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.
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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.
- Addressing
Tobacco in Managed Care: Results of the 2000 Survey (June
2002)
Preventive Medicine in Managed Care. - • Addressing
tobacco in managed care: results of the 2002 survey (October
2004).
Preventing Chronic Disease. - • Addressing Tobacco in Healthcare Research Network website
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