Varenicline is available for FREE from our South Dakota QuitLine with a prescription. To be eligible, your patient needs to be
Prescriptions can be made one of two ways:
For more information on free cessation medication through the South Dakota QuitLine please visit the medication options section on the website, for questions you can email Kaitlyn Ashley.
Check it out here: QuitTobaccoSD.com
This website will be a hub of information on various populations like youth and young adults (including vaping information), Native Americans, pregnant and postpartum women, and seniors. There is also information for health care providers and the general public about tobacco use and quitting tobacco.
The goal of this website is to tie everything back to cessation and guide people to resources like the South Dakota QuitLine.
The Last Smoke is focused on making smoking history - visit the Museum of Extinction and be a part of history by quitting smoking.
LEARN MORE ABOUT The Last Smoke
Honor Every Breath is focused on traditional tobacco education and promoting the cessation of commercial tobacco among our indigenous communities
LEARN MORE ABOUT Honor Every Breath
More Good Years is focused on not only the years that you get back by quitting but the good years you get back, quitting tobacco products can lower the risk of cancer and chronic disease.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MORE GOOD YEARS
Vaping Sucks is targeted toward our youth and the vaping epidemic that they are facing. This campaign provides vaping education on the unregulated chemicals found inside vape products and encourages prevention and cessation.
Watch Your Mouth is coming soon! This is an oral health and tobacco campaign. Tobacco use significantly increases the risk of oral cancer, so this campaign is focused on promoting cessation among dental patients.
The South Dakota Tobacco Control Program has partnered with SmokefreeTXT, a FREE cessation support program. This program is not affiliated with the South Dakota QuitLine, but is an additional resource that can be utilized by your patients and clients.
This program is exclusively text-based and is available for those 13 years of age and older (Spanish-speaking options available). The client will receive 6-8 weeks of daily text message support and can opt-out at any time.
To enroll text SDQUITS to 47848
Historically, cessation medication recommendations have been for those that smoke cigarettes with a gap in treatment guidance for those that are exclusively e-cigarette users. Vaping Cessation Interventions in Former Smokers, a study published in April 2023, outlines vaping cessation recommendations for all FDA-approved cessation medications.
A Review Canadian Journal of Cardiology (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2023.04.020.
Tobacco Cessation & South Dakota QuitLine trainings are available and can be done as a presentation on-site or virtual. These trainings can have tailored content for your staff and can include information on the impact of tobacco use, nicotine addiction, tobacco cessation intervention, our South Dakota Quitline services and how to make referrals, and our priority populations.
To request a Tobacco Cessation & South Dakota QuitLine training for your staff or facility or for more information reach out to Kaitlyn Ashley or 605-496-9732
The first large-scale clinical trial for cytisinicline concluded that this medication is effective in smoking cessation and has minimal side effects. The smoking cessation medication works by binding to nicotine receptors in the brain which can reduce the urge to smoke and alleviate nicotine withdrawal symptoms, similar to varenicline. Based on this clinical trial a New Drug Application is expected to be submitted to the FDA for approval of cytisinicline for nicotine dependence, if approved, patients with tobacco use disorder would have another treatment option available to them.
For more information: Cytisinicline Found to Aid in Smoking Cessation (ajmc.com)
Check out the JUUL settlement map created by the Public Health Law Center. This maps out settlement agreements between Juul Labs, Inc and Attorney Generals of the states and territories nationwide. This map will be updated as more information becomes available.
Juul Litigation Settlement Guide & Interactive Map | Juul Litigation Settlement Guide & Interactive Map (publichealthlawcenter.org)
The South Dakota QuitLine offers multiple FREE resources for those that want to quit using commercial tobacco products
This is Quitting is a text-based cessation service designed to help those aged 13-24
SmokeFreeTXT is a text messaging cessation program for those 13+. Text SDQUITS to 47848
Tobacco Prevention Coordinators