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• New or One-Time Resources and Training
• Ongoing Resources and Training

News and Announcements

Your Patients May Qualify for Gift Cards for Trying to Quit with Coaching from Quit Partner

The Minnesota Department of Health's Quit Partner programs are now offering gift cards to qualifying enrollees who complete coaching calls.

The gift cards are available to underinsured and uninsured adults who either are pregnant or use menthol cigarettes. Gift cards are mailed when participants complete coaching calls with Quit Partner. The number of gift cards and amounts vary by program; those interested should call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for more information.

All Minnesota residents who are eligible to participate will be offered the opportunity when they speak with an intake specialist at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. If someone enrolls through the Quit Partner website, they need to select the phone option. Quit Partner will then call the individual and provide information about the gift cards during intake.

Please share this information with your patients. This opportunity is highlighted on the Quit Partner Truth About Menthols and Pregnancy Program webpages.

New Quitline Portal for LGBTQ+ People

The National LGBT Cancer Network launched Outlast Tobacco, an LGBTQ+ cessation quitline portal designed to provide community-specific motivation and encouragement to LGBTQ+ people who use commercial tobacco products. If you direct patients to this portal and they reach out for support, they will get connected with Quit Partner.

Learn about Commercial vs. Traditional Tobacco

Curious about why we use the term "commercial tobacco"? Visit our new webpage, Traditional Tobacco and American Indian Communities in Minnesota, to learn more.

New or One-Time Resources and Training

29th Annual Nicotine Dependence Center Livestream Conference: Caring for the Hard to Reach Patient - March 28-29

The 29th Annual Nicotine Dependence Center Conference explores challenges, opportunities and practices to improve access for patients who can benefit from treatment for tobacco use disorder and increase utilization among those who are currently underserved.

For more information and registration, visit: Nicotine Dependence Center | Tobacco Treatment Education.

Tobacco Treatment Specialist Livestream Training and Certification - June 7-9

The Mayo Clinic Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification Training is an accredited program that consists of both online learning and a three-day livestream training focusing on the skills needed to effectively treat tobacco dependence.  This course is delivered through a blended learning format in which instruction is completed first online through the Blackboard Learn platform as a self-paced training, followed by a interactive 3-day livestream training.

For more information and registration visit: Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training | June 2022.

Ongoing Resources and Training

Access Free, Accredited Cessation Trainings

Curious about the latest vaping trends and what makes e-cigarettes so harmful? Want to know more about how to help people living with behavioral health conditions quit nicotine for good?

Check out free, continuing education courses on these commercial tobacco cessation topics and more from the Minnesota Department of Health and Quit Partner. They're quick, easy, engaging, and will expand your knowledge base to help you best work with those who use commercial tobacco.

Courses are accredited for CME, CNE and CPE. Completion certificates are available to apply for other continuing education credits.

Visit www.CoursesThatClickMN.com to register.

MDH Toolkit for Cessation in Healthcare

Visit MDH’s new web-based toolkit to find resources to support healthcare professionals and health systems in your commercial tobacco cessation work. Visit Helping People Quit Commercial Tobacco (www.health.mn.gov/cessation)

Order Free Quit Partner Materials to Give to Your Patients

Access free promotional materials for Quit Partner, the American Indian Quitline, and My Life, My Quit via Downloadable Materials. Click "Order here" to order printed flyers, palm cards, and more.

CDC Resources for Health Care Professionals

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched their 2022 Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) national advertising campaign. You can access smoking cessation tools and resources from the Tips® campaign and the Office on Smoking and Health (OSH)’s Healthcare Provider webpages. Health care professionals can play a key role in decreasing tobacco use, the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.

Quit Partner™ Programs

Quit Partner (Español | Somali | Hmoob) is Minnesota’s free family of programs to help people who want to quit smoking, vaping, chewing or using other commercial tobacco products. Free support options available online, by phone, and by mail include:

• One-on-one coaching over the phone (available in over 200 languages)
• Text messaging
• Email support
• Quit medications - nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges - delivered to your door (ages 18+)

Refer People to Free Quit Support

All Minnesota residents – whether covered by a health plan or not – have access to free support to quit commercial tobacco. Health care providers, community-based organizations, and others can refer any Minnesota resident age 13 or older to free support.

Visit Quit Partner and click “Refer a Patient” at the top of the page. Complete the fax or web referral form. Quit Partner will then reach out and connect your client to the appropriate commercial tobacco cessation program.

Minnesota’s major health plans and the Minnesota Department of
Health (operator of Quit Partner) collaborate to make the referral process seamless for providers and patients.

Start referring people to quit support. Visit Quit Partner today.

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