QuitWorks: a solution for providers to help patients quit smoking.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Child & Family Practitioners

QuitWorks provides tools to prompt staff to ask every patient about tobacco use. All tools are for use by any provider in any clinical setting. Download the materials order form here.

 Patient Enrollment Forms


QuitWorks provides customized enrollment forms to hospitals and health centers free of charge.

 




 Introductory and Education videos


QuitWorks has an introductory video explaining QuitWorks for Child and Family Health Care Practitioners as well as clinical vingettes that provide examples of a pediatrician talking with parents about their smoking.

 
 Implementation Guide


The QuitWorks Implementation Guide walks you through the easy steps to identify smokers in your practice and enroll them in QuitWorks services.

 


 Pharmacotherapy Pocket Guide


This is a quick guide to pharmacotherapy in tobacco treatment. It also lists the 5As to tobacco intervention.

 






 Surgeon General's Letter


The U.S. Surgeon General, along with the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics write about the dangers of children's exposure to secondhand smoke.

 




 Clinical Efforts Against Secondhand smoke Exposure


Read about the background research the went into the adaptation of QuitWorks for Child and Family Health Practitioners at www.CEASEtobacco.org

 



 Information about Secondhand Smoke Exposure


Secondhand smoke can make children and adults sick.
It can trigger asthma attacks and cause ear infections.  Children who breathe secondhand smoke get coughs, bronchitis, and pneumonia more often.

 

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