Tobacco Cessation Tool Kit

The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) is a medical specialty society of physicians, surgeons, and allied health professionals who specialize in diseases of the chest. The ACCP Tobacco Cessation Tool Kit is now available to help physicians, nurses, and cessation counselors aid their patients in the quitting process. The comprehensive kit incorporates everything from identifying users and assessing their risks and level of addiction, to providing motivational advice, pharmacotherapy information, and follow-up and relapse prevention techniques. This toolkit is based on the guidelines of the AHRQ and Surgeon General. These tools can be used to more consistently and effectively intervene with patients who smoke or chew tobacco:

• Pharmacotherapy (includes a grid of prescribing information, side
  effects, and contraindications).
• US Public Health Service Guidelines
• Chart Stickers (to ID current, former and never users)
• Assessment of Tobacco Risk Factors Questionnaire
• Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
• Encounter Checklist
• Two Patient Education brochures developed by the ACCP to (1)
  motivate the user to want to quit and (2) provide a how-to guide to
  tobacco cessation
• Quit Contracts
• List of national, state, and local Referral Sources
• Rewards for success
• Consultation Reports
• Additional patient education materials

The Tobacco Cessation Tool Kit also provides educational information on the biology of nicotine addiction, treating nicotine addiction as a chronic disease, multi-modality treatment approaches, cost-benefits, motivating patients to quit, and relapse prevention.

Each kit includes 20 copies of each tool including the popular patient education guides “Thinking About Quitting Tobacco?” and “How To Quit Using Tobacco.”

Tobacco Cessation Tool Kits are available by calling 1-800-343-ACCP(2227) or 847-498-1400.