Colorado Smoking Cessation Resources and Contacts

The State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (STEPP) at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

An evidence-based program designed to address the human and economic tolls of tobacco use in Colorado. It provides numerous resources and important contact information, including: national and statewide data on tobacco use and its adverse health effects, listings of community programs, brochures, education materials, and other publications; information on laws and local ordinances, and information on second hand smoke.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Prevention Services Division
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
303.692.2510
1.800.886.7689
E-mail: cdphe.psdrequests@state.co.us

The Colorado Quitline: 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669)

A toll-free telephone counseling service that connects people who want to quit smoking with trained counselors who can guide and support them through the quitting process. This service is free and available to Colorado residents in both English and Spanish, and it is operated by National Jewish Medical and Research Center.

The Quitline provides a customized quit plan that includes individualized counseling, relapse prevention techniques, scheduled calls from counselors, information on medications and nicotine replacement therapies, printed resource materials and details about any face-to-face classes available in the caller's area. This is all intended to assist individual tobacco users through the quitting process. It combines already proven effective methods of treating tobacco addiction with a powerful and effective individually controlled program. In addition to an online community that offers peer support, QuitNet provides expert advice on quitting strategies as well as information about medications that may be helpful.

Offered services include:

• quitting guides that help tobacco users plan their quit attempts;
• a special quitting calendar that details the day-to-day steps to quit smoking;
• a directory of local smoking cessation classes;
• a guide that helps sort out medication options for ending addiction;
• web links to news about tobacco use cessation' expert counselors;
• online peer-to-peer support; and
• other quitting tools and resources.

The website address for the Colorado QuitNet is: http://co.quitnet.com/

Related Links (links open new windows)

• American Cancer Society - Provides quit tips, information on programs to help smokers quit smoking, and public issues from the American Cancer Society.
• American Heart Association - Provides health information regarding tobacco use and heart disease along with quit tips and prevention information. Click on state and highlight Colorado.
• American Lung Association - Provides quit tips, information on programs to help smokers stop smoking, and lung diseases from the American Lung Association of Colorado, along with a description of lung diseases.
• Colorado Best Practices - Provides information on Best Practices for prevention and intervention strategies, programs and interventions that improve child, youth and maternal health outcomes. It includes researching, reviewing and summarizing current literature and web resources on Best Practices and making them available in one place.
• Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative - A non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare practices in Colorado. Their members include community and healthcare leaders committed to identifying and developing the best guidelines, processes, and results in Colorado medical practices.
• Get R!EAL - Colorado’s teens exposing tobacco lies, is empowering youth ages 12-18 to engage in grass roots activism aimed at challenging and changing social norms that support tobacco use.
• Prevention Information Center (PIC) - A Clearing house for STEPP, tobacco control resources housed at the Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion. A variety of free videos and Quitline/QuitNet materials are also available. Videos may also be borrowed without cost by residents of Colorado.
• Smokefree.net-CO Talk - This discussion list is specifically for persons involved in tobacco prevention activities in Colorado.
• SmokefreeColorado.org - This website provides Colorado residents with information about the dangers of secondhand smoke.
   

For more information about this project (including clinical background, performance measures, and references) please visit MedQIC or contact Kathryn Glass, project manager at kglass@coqio.sdps.org or 303.306.4507.