A Media Campaign to Increase Health Care Provider Assistance for Patients Who Smoke Cigarettes
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Journal Article | October 2019

Although most smokers visit a health care provider annually, only half report being provided evidence-based assistance with quitting, defined as brief counseling and an offer of medication. The New York State Department of Health designed a provider-targeted media campaign to increase provider-assisted quitting, which was implemented in 2016. Messaging focused on the addictive nature of tobacco products and evidence-based interventions.This article examines the results from New York State Department of Health’s media campaign to increase provider-assisted quitting that was implemented in 2016.

Posted: November 2019

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