title: Tobacco quitlines in the United States.
abstract: Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death and disability in the United States today. In 2003, the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health recommended to establish a federally funded national tobacco quitline network by 2005. Quitlines are telephone-based programs that assist tobacco users to quit. The combination of health professionals referring patients to an accessible, evidence-based, cost-effective cessation resource can produce a substantial reduction in the number of tobacco users in the United States. Initiatives to increase knowledge and working relationships between nurses and quitlines need to be created, implemented, and evaluated.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Touro University Nevada, 854 American Pacific Drive, Henderson, NV 89104, USA. Elizabeth.Fildes@tun.touro.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Fildes
authors.forename: Marta A T
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Betty Jo
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Salome
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapella-Mshigeni
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Wallace
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Henkelman
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006694:Holistic Health; D015277:Hotlines / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States