Best Practice Resources​

Implementation Toolkits

• Tobacco Use and Quitting Among Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions, Centers for Disease Control
• Tobacco-free Toolkit for Behavioral Health Agencies, California
• A Toolkit to Address Tobacco Use in Behavioral Health Settings, American Lung Association, Minnesota
• Tobacco-Free Toolkit, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
• Taking Texas Tobacco-Free
• Kansas Tobacco Guideline for Behavioral Health Care 

Staff Training - 

• To request a customized in-person or virtual training in Mecklenburg County or Health Region 4 (Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties) contact Kim Bayha. 
  
• To learn about training opportunities in delivering best practice tobacco treatment, visit the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training web page.  
• North Carolina's Tobacco Treatment Standard of Care
• QuitlineNC Health Professionals: Resources for learning about tobacco treatment
• Curricula and Online Training, UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
• Behavioral Health Council's upcoming webinars.
• Taking Texas Tobacco Free Training Program
  
  

Quit Coaching and Access to Medication

• QuitlineNC (1-800-Quit-Now): Behavioral Health support
• N.C. MedAssist can provide qualifying patients with free Chantix or nicotine nasal spray
• Pfizer Pathways: Patient assistance program for Chantix

Group Curriculum

• Freedom from Smoking, American Lung Association
  
• Breathe Easy, Live Well wellness group, including tobacco use treatment, for people with severe and persistent mental illness
• NJ Learning about Healthy Living designed to be led by peers, consumers helping other consumers