Resources

• CDC, Preventing Smoking and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Before, During and After Pregnancy
• Telephone Quitlines: A Resource for Development, Implementation, & Evaluation (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/cessation/quitlines/index.htm)
• Department of Health and Human Services, 1-800-Quit-Now
• Efficacy of Telephone Counseling for Pregnant Smokers
• Legacy Foundation, Great Start Campaign
• North American Quitline Consortium
  • North American Quitline Consortium Factsheets
  • North American Quitline Consortium Quitline Operations: A Practical Guide to Promising Approaches
    • Chapter 2, page 11 Working with the Medical Community: Healthcare and Fax Referral Programs
    • Appendix C1: Wisconsin’s Fax to Quit FAQs for providers
    • Appendix D1: Wisconsin’s Fax to Quit FAQs for patients
    • Appendix E1: Wisconsin’s Fax to Quit Referral Form
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Making the Smoking Cessation Guideline a Routine Part of Prenatal Care

Additional References

• Carlini BH, et al. Telephone-based tobacco cessation treatment: Re-enrollment among diverse groups. Am J Prev Med 2008;35:73-6.
• Ershoff DH, Quinn VP, Boyd NR, Stern J, Gregory M, Wirtschafter D. The Kaiser Permanente prenatal smoking-cessation trial: when more isn't better, what is enough? Am J Prev Med. 1999 Oct;17(3):161-8. PubMed PMID: 10987630.
• Haviland L, Thornton AH, Carothers S, Hund L, Allen JA, Kastens B, Wojciak A, Hamasaka L, Healton C. Giving infants a great start: launching a national smoking cessation program for pregnant women. Nicotine Tob Res. 2004 Apr;6 Suppl 2:S181-8. PubMed PMID: 15203820.
• McAfee T. Quitlines, a tool for research and dissemination of evidence-based cessation practices. Am J Prev Med 2007;33:s357-67.
• Tomson T, Helgason AR, Gilljam H. Quitline in smoking cessation: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Int. J of Tech Assessment in Health Care. 2004;20:469-74.
• Wadland, et al. Practice-based referrals to a tobacco cessaiton quit line: Assessing the impact of comparative feed back vs general reminders. Ann Family Med 2007;5:135-42.
• Zhu SH, et al. Evidence of real-world effectiveness of a telephone quitline for smokers. NE JM 2002;347:1087-93.