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ActionToQuit is a tobacco control initiative sponsored by Partnership for Prevention. It urges all sectors – health care systems, employers, insurers, government agencies, quitlines, and policymakers – to work together to develop and promote sound tobacco control policies. 

Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Return on Investment

Partnership for Prevention’s ActionToQuit initiative is pleased to announce the publication of a new research study entitled The Return on Investment of a Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Program in Massachusetts in the scientific journal PLoS ONE. The study was undertaken by health economists at The George Washington University (GWU) School of Public Health and Health Services, with financial support from Partnership for Prevention.  The findings add to the evidence that insurance coverage for tobacco dependence treatment saves both lives and money. An accompanying policy paper entitled Saving Money: The Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation Medicaid Benefit was developed to outline the policy implications of extending lifesaving and cost-saving tobacco cessation treatment coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries. In light of this, it is imperative states redouble their efforts to establish comprehensive cessation coverage for all people insured by Medicaid. A press release of the study and its findings is found here. 

Helping Patients Quit: Implementing The Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set in Your Hospital

Partnership for Prevention’s ActionToQuit initiative is pleased to offer the “Helping Patients Quit” guide to hospital leaders and care providers as a useful tool in implementing a comprehensive tobacco cessation program. Hospitals have a critical role to play in decreasing the lives lost to tobacco in the United States. Screening all patients for tobacco use and offering treatment and follow-up to those who use tobacco is both good policy and practice. The Joint Commission has provided national leadership by developing new tobacco cessation performance measures and, as a result, many hospitals will make this a priority. Hospital leaders and practitioners can use the Helping Patients Quit guide to develop a tobacco cessation screening and treatment program for their facility and assist all patients who use tobacco to successfully quit.  

 Featured Video of the Month:

Read ActionToQuit’s interview with Mitch Zeller describing his role in the documentary Addiction Incorporated.

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