The purpose of this public health resource center is to provide pharmacists practicing in the various health system settings with ASHP information, tools, and resources on tobacco cessation.

What's New

• Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation Newsletter September 2007 [PDF]
• Recent News and Publications on Tobacco and Tobacco Cessation
• A Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial of Bupropion for Smoking Cessation in Primary Care
• Efficacy of bupropion alone and in combination with nicotine gum
• Cannabinoid type 1 receptor antagonists (rimonabant) for smoking cessation
• Varenicline: progress in smoking cessation treatment
• Inpatient smoking-cessation counseling and all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction
• Is Some Provider Advice on Smoking Cessation Better Than No Advice? An Instrumental Variable Analysis of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey

Getting Started

• Dealing with Devoted Tobacco Users
• Ten Top Smoking Cessation Questions and Answers
• About the Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation

Learn More

• Smoking Cessation (Chapter 50 from Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs) [PDF]
• Tobacco Cessation Continuing Education Programs
• Rx for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation

Tools for Practice

• Information for Patients about Medications Used to Help Tobacco Cessation
• Tobacco Cessation Tools for Spanish Speakers
• Decisional Balance Sheet [PDF]
• PowerPoint: Teaching the Tobacco Cessation Protocol for Busy Pharmacists [PPT]
• PowerPoint: Educating Healthcare Providers about a Basic Tobacco Cessation Protocol [PPT]
• Tobacco Cessation Pharmacologic Product Guide [PDF]
• Drug Interactions with Smoking [PDF]
• Quick Guide to Coping with Tobacco Cessation
• Learning to Cope with Tobacco Cessation
• A Cessation Protocol for the Busy Pharmacist
• A Protocol for Helping Relapsed Smokers Who Are Ready to Try Quitting Again [PDF]
• Brief Counseling Template
• Smoking Cessation Educational Kit [PDF]

Other Related Resources

• Specialized Tobacco Cessation Web Sites
• GoingSmokeFree.org (free online resource to help states and communities implement smoke-free laws)
• Literature Focusing on Tobacco and Tobacco Cessation
• Smoking Cessation Intervention Program: Web Site Resources [PDF]
• Contact the Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation