Category Archives: Health Systems

Webinar: Increasing Access to Tobacco Use Treatment for People with Behavioral Health Conditions – Implementing Opt Out/Proactive Treatment Approaches

Summary: Presenters explore ways to implement Opt Out/Proactive tobacco-use treatment approaches in behavioral health settings to increase access to treatment and reduce disparities and harms associated with commercial tobacco use for people with behavioral health conditions. Presenters cover topics including: Describing the opt out/proactive tobacco treatment approach Identifying strategies to implement opt out/proactive approaches for […]

Webinar: How Peers Can Support Tobacco-Free Recovery

Date and time: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. eastern Join the National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery (CoE-TFR) to explore the role peer support specialists and peer recovery coaches play in addressing commercial tobacco use among clients with behavioral health conditions. You’ll hear directly from staff working in behavioral health […]

Notice to Patients about Tobacco-Free Policy

Summary: Template for a letter announcing a tobacco-free treatment facility to clients.

Posters: Behavioral Health and Tobacco Use

Summary: More than one dozen free posters with messages about tobacco use and quitting smoking that can be used in exam rooms and waiting rooms.

Webinar: “Getting Beyond No” – Addressing Tobacco Use Treatment in Precontemplation Stage

Summary: Presenters address tobacco use treatment in the pre-contemplation stage. Presenters cover topics including: How prescribers and the multi-disciplinary healthcare team can work together to meet individuals where they are Current best practices for tobacco use treatment for individuals with behavioral health conditions How to successfully integrate stage-wise tobacco interventions with individuals who are in […]

Example of Outpatient-Treatment Facility Tobacco-Free-Policy

Summary: A sample tobacco-use policy for patients and staff in an outpatient setting.

Tobacco-Free and Tobacco Treatment Organizational Policy Sample

Summary: An example of a policy that is intended to maintain a 100 percent tobacco-free environment at a treatment facility.

Journey to a Tobacco-free Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic: A Conversation

Summary: The National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control and co-hosts at the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center a National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery discussed the steps they took along their journey to plan and provide comprehensive tobacco use treatment services within a settings that provide behavioral health services. Webinar learning objectives: […]

Relapsed Smokers Who Are Ready to Try Again: What to Do? A 3-Step Protocol for Clinicians

Summary: The average person who quits does so after many unsuccessful attempts—estimated from 10 to as many as 30. Most smokers do not use a cessation medication or, if they do, they use it incorrectly. This guide describes a three-step protocol (i.e., Ask, Advise, Refer) for helping relapsed smokers regain abstinence by encouraging them to learn […]

Family Physician Guide to Addressing Smoking for People with Mental Illness

Summary: Approximately 70% of people who use tobacco products see a physician each year, so family physicians have the opportunity to make a significant impact on their patients’ tobacco use, including those who have behavioral health disorders. This webpage provides information and guidance tailored for family physicians and their clinical teams to strengthen integration of […]