FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
If
you are a health care provider this section
if for you! The recent Tobacco Cessation
Guidelines report that a brief 5-15 minute
counseling session using the 5 A's (Ask,
Assess, Advise, Assist, Arrange) will result
in improved cessation rates for pregnant
and non pregnant women. For more
information about the 5A's and about health
risks of smoking for women and resources
for clinicians click on the links below.
If you would like to be placed on our providers
e-list please email TRACEY@catawbacountync.gov.
Surgeon General's Report on Women and Smoking: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_forwomen/index.htm
Resources in North Carolina
WHISC
- Women's Health: Interventions for Smoking Cessation, a Northwest Area
Health Education Center project in Forsyth County with numerous resources
for clinicians:
www.northwestahec.wfubmc.edu/professional/whisc.html
Counseling for Change: www.northwestahec.wfubmc.edu/learn/smokingcessation
NC Tobacco Control Branch: www.communityhealth.dhhs.state.nc.us/tobacco.htm
Other Resources
American
Cancer Society: www.cancer.org
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists: www.acog.org
Freedom from Smoking Online: www.lungusa.org/ffs
Free Smoke Free Families: www.smokefreefamilies.org
American Legacy Foundation: www.americanlegacy.org
American Legacy Foundation: www.americanlegacy.org/greatstart
American Lung Association: www.lungusa.org
Quit Now NC: www.quitnownc.org
Tobacco Control September 2000 Vol. 9 Supp. 3 Smoking and Pregnancy:
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/content/vol9/suppl_3/
Try to Stop: www.trytostop.org