Tobacco Cessation Center

 

 

The Tobacco Cessation Center of Northern New York is one of 19  centers in New York State  established in 2004 to  advance evidenced-based treatment of tobacco dependence  in health care settings in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties. 

Beth Gero, PhD, MA
315-261-5436
BGero@cphospital.org

MMH Quit Tobacco Workshops for 2010

January 5 & 19, February 2 and 16, March 2, 16, and 30; April 13 and 27; May 11 and 25; June 8 and 22; July 6 and 20; August 3, 17 and 31; September 14 and 28; October 12 and 26; November 9 and 23; and December 7 and 21.

Workshops are held every other Tuesday beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Massena Memorial Hospital Lower Level Conference Room. FREE Nicotine Replacement available through the workshops….patches, gum or lozenges.  For more information, please call Beth Gero at 315-261-5436 or Massena Memorial Hospital Public Relations Office at 315-769-4262.
 

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“We need to encourage a culture of health care in which failure to treat tobacco use
-the chief cause of preventable death and disease
- constitutes an inappropriate standard of care.  If every physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, nurse...across America uses this tool, we would double quit rates, from one to  at least two million quitters each year.”  Michael Fiore, MD, Principal author, Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2008 Update.

We Can Help...

•  On-site Staff Education
• The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treating  Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2008 Update
• Nicotine Addiction
• How to Talk to Patients About Quitting Smoking (Motivational Interviewing)
• Assessing Tobacco Dependence
• Pharmacotherapy Treatments for Tobacco Dependence
• Medicare and Medicaid Coverage of Cessation Treatment
• NYS Smokers’ Quitline Fax-to-Quit
• Performance Improvement Project (20 CME AAFP prescribed credits)
• Lunchtime CME Educational Conference Calls

Technical Assistance

• Review and recommend office systems change
• Public Health Detailing
• Fax-to-Quit Referrals
• Tobacco Free Environment Policy

Patient Education

 Educational Materials

• Quit Kits
• Free Quit Tobacco Workshops  (with limited Nicotine Replacement Therapy)

Ask

“Do you smoke or use tobacco products?” 

“When my doctor wants to know it must be important.”

Advise

“As your clinician, I need you to know that quitting smoking is the most important thing you can do to protect your health now and in the future. 

“Every time my doctor tells me to quit, I get closer to doing it.”

Assess 

“Are you willing to make a quit attempt at this time?”

"I’ll quit some day, don’t give up on me.”

Assist

“My office staff and I are here to   help you.  Ask your spouse/partner, friends, and co-workers to support you in your quit attempt.  Approved pharmacotherapy  increases smoking cessation success and reduce withdrawal symptoms. 

“I don’t want to smoke, but I need help to stop.”

Arrange

“Please schedule a follow-up with the receptionist within the first week after your quit date.

“With follow-up support I know I can quit this time.”

Did You Know...

• 70% of smokers want to quit

• Only 27% of doctors usually  monitor their patients’ progress in quitting smoking.

• 7% of smokers achieve long-term abstinence on their own

• 30% of smokers achieve long-term abstinence with physician assistance

• 56% of smokers who made a quit  attempt last year did so because their doctor or dentist advised them to do so.

 

 Click here, if you would like a copy of the Cessational News~Summer 2010