It’s never too late to quit tobacco. Just 12 hours after you quit smoking, the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal. And after one year, your risk of coronary heart disease is half what it was when you were smoking.
Whether it’s your first try quitting or you’re ready to try again, the resources listed below will give you the best chance to quit tobacco for good!
Health care providers are in a unique position to address their patient’s tobacco use and help them become smoke-free. Health care providers should advise their patients to quit because:
The “Ask, Advise, Refer” program encourages all healthcare providers to:
Tobacco users are 30 times more likely to enroll when they are directly connected to the Quit Line, as opposed to being encouraged to call on their own.
The Utah Tobacco Quit Line is a free service for both adults and youth in either English or Spanish.
Refer a patient to the Quit Line.
The Quit Line will attempt to contact the patient multiple times. The quit line will also fax your office to inform you of the services that the patient received.
We recommend you note the Quit Line referral in the patient’s medical file to facilitate a follow-up during his or her next office visit.