TOBACCO CESSATION SERVICES

Quitting can be a difficult decision to make, especially on your own. The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Tobacco Control Program (LTCP) coordinate efforts in tobacco prevention and control across the state; together, TFL and TCP created Quit With Us, LA. This partnership was built as a grassroots effort of community outreach and embodies the mission and vision of the partnership between TFL and TCP to promote cessation in Louisiana.

There are several statewide tobacco cessation services available to provide counseling and support to those who want to quit, or those who want to help a loved one quit.

Quit With Us, LA
Quit With Us, LAis a partnership between TFL and LTCP, built as a grassroots effort of community outreach. Quit With Us, LA welcomes those seeking to overcome a tobacco addiction, or those who are trying to help others quit, with open arms. The Quit With Us, LA website is a resource for those who want to quit on their own or help their friend or loved one quit, and for healthcare providers who identify that their patients are tobacco users and have a desire to quit. The invitation to quit with us, Louisiana speaks to a vast diversity of people in a neighborly fashion. The entity is for the people, by the people.

Quit With Us, LA provides comprehensive resource information and links to tobacco cessation services statewide. The website also has Healthcare Provider resource information in an effort to equip Louisiana’s providers with evidenced-based tobacco cessation tools and information. For more information, please visit www.QuitWithUsLA.org.

Fax-To-Quit Louisiana
The Fax-to-Quit Louisiana Program is the core of the Health Provider Initiative. The Health Provider Initiative (HPI) uses a health-systems approach to cultivate adherence to Public Health Services Clinical Best Practice Guidelines for Tobacco Use and Dependence by providing clinicians with an evidenced-based tobacco cessation intervention and a direct link to evidenced-based tobacco cessation services.
HPI affords health providers with pharmacotherapy & Medicaid/Medicare coverage information, an evidenced-base tobacco screening tool and a proactive link, via fax, to the Louisiana Tobacco Quitline. The Quitline then initiates a call directly to the health provider’s patient.

Louisiana Tobacco Cessation Consortium
The Louisiana Tobacco Cessation Consortium (LTCC) is a collaborative union among professionals that utilizes the principles of Partnerships, Programs and Policy to expand the effectiveness of statewide tobacco cessation services. If you are a healthcare provider and interested in joining LTCC, please contact Tiffany Netters at 225.342.2664.

Become An Ex
Become an EX is a comprehensive national tobacco cessation campaign that provides free on-line resources designed to help tobacco users create their own plan to quit smoking. Through the website, an individual can create their own individual quit plan receive on-line support and assistance. EX encourages smokers to approach quitting smoking by re-learning life without cigarettes. For more information, please visit www.becomeanex.org.