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Integrating Tobacco Cessation Support Resources to Improve Patient Access

Patients are 66% more likely to successfully quit tobacco when healthcare providers actively intervene to connect them with FREE services. The UT Tobacco Research & Evaluation Team provides support to healthcare systems for the implementation of tobacco cessation support strategies, by referring patients who use tobacco and wish to quit, to the Texas Quitline. Referrals can be made by fax, app or through the electronic medical record using the eTobacco Protocol (electronic tobacco cessation referral protocol). When a patient is referred to the Quitline by a healthcare professional, the patient can receive up to 5 counseling sessions and approximately 2 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy if they are 18 or older. Services are confidential, HIPAA-compliant and free. Our team can provide assistance to healthcare systems, including clinics and health departments with an EMR/EHR, to help them explore and leverage any referral method that is appropriate for them, and especially for the eTobacco Protocol. As of December 17, 2024, the Texas Oral Health Coalition, Inc. merged with Texas Health Institute and is no longer offering continuing dental education credit for these self-instructional courses after February 28, 2025. These presentations will be for edification only.