Tobacco Use Prevention and Control in Iowa

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Tobacco Use Prevention and Control in Iowa

• Iowa Department of Public Health
• Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control

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Programming through the division

• Cornerstone programs
• Quitline Iowa
• Community Partnerships
• Smokefree Air Act Enforcement
• Smoke-Free Homes
• I-STEP, Youth Executive Council

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Quitline Iowa

• Toll-free tobacco cessation helpline 1-800-QUIT
  NOW
• Available free of charge to all Iowans
• Services in English Spanish interpreter
  service available for most other languages
• Text messaging program
• Required for IA Medicaid members
• Online enrollement available at
  www.quitlineiowa.org

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Quitline Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)

• Currently, the Quitline is offering 4 weeks of
  NRT to participants 18 and over
• Available until June 30, 2014
• This does not apply to Medicaid clients
• Medicaid clients receive 12 weeks of NRT or
  medication

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QuitlineQuit Coaches

• Quitline offers two main approaches to receiving
  counseling
• Phone counseling call 1 800 QUIT NOW and enroll
  with quit coaches for a series of phone
  counseling sessions
• Web coaching individualized coaching anytime
• Each method suits different personality styles
  and technology levels

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Quitline Iowa Web Coaching

• It is very easy to sign up for web coaching, just
  hit enroll now.

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Quitline2As and R online training

• Addressing Tobacco Use in Iowa The Brief
  Tobacco Intervention is a self-guided training
  course for health professionals. It teaches
  health care providers the skills needed to use
  the brief tobacco intervention and how to refer
  patients to the Quitline (2As and R).
• Health professionals will earn CEUs, CMEs

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Quitline2As and R online training

• You can find the link on Quitlines front page
• Click learn more

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Community-based tobacco control

• 41 community partnerships (covering 96 counties)
  currently under contract
• Prevent the initiation of tobacco use by youth
• ISTEP
• Tobacco/ Nicotine free schools
• Tobacco free parks
• Promote cessation among young people and adults
• Quitline Iowa
• Tobacco free work places
• Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke
• Smoke free multi-unit housing
• Smoke Free Air Act

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