Health Care Providers
Find out the facts, give your valuable advice and offer the referrals that will help your tobacco-using patient quit for good.
Caring for Patients
Tobacco addiction is chronic. It typically requires long-term commitment and support to conquer. As a medical professional, your patients trust you to ensure their health. So your role in helping them quit can be critical. Check out these tools, and stay up to date on the best practices.
Where do you start to broach the topic?
Be straightforward and ask. "Do you smoke, vape, chew or use other tobacco products?" Don't over-complicate the situation. Document their answer.
What's next?
Find out if they are willing to attempt to quit. If not, direct them to learn about the facts, reasons to quit and more. If your patient is ready to attempt a quit, make sure you have the proper resources to help them start their quitting journey.
One of the best resources available in the state is South Dakota QuitLine, which offers free cessation medication, phone coaching and a quit guide.
Encourage your patients to enroll in the QuitLine, and find the right medication for their addiction.
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Learn MoreFind the answers to your burning questions about how to help your patients quit tobacco.
Read MoreGET THE FACTS
About 1000,000 South Dakotans use tobacco, and about 70,000 of them report that they want to quit for good.
While about 70% of all tobacco users have seen a healthcare provider in the last year, fewer than half of those people have been given quit assistance from their provider.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Quit & Stay Quit
Everybody quits differently. Your patient's quit journey is theirs, and only they know what works for them. Help them find the method that fits into their journey to put out that cigarette, shut off the vape pen or close the tin for the last time. Start recommending QuitLine today!
Read MorePhone Coaching
Get help from a Quitline phone coach. Your coach will be there for you every step of the way.
Get StartedKickstart Kit
Kick the habit with the FREE Kickstart Kit, which ships to your door with cessation medication and the Quit Guide.
Get Your KitQuit Guide
Skip the coaching and medication for now. Start your journey with the FREE Quit Guide to quit when you are ready.
Get the Guide