Products and Publications

Guides Posters Surveys and Reports Rules and Regulations Guides VA Smoking Cessation Pocket Guide for Clinicians This guide was originally developed by Tobacco Free Nurses and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and has been revised for use by clinical providers in the VA Health Care System. The pocket guide provides brief guidance on the 5 A’s of smoking cessation counseling: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange. To order copies from the VA Publications Depot, please contact your local Forms and Publications Control Officer and request that they place an order for you. The information that should be entered into the FPORDERS is IB 10-96, P96189. Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians (172 KB, PDF)   Posters VA Smoking Cessation Posters You are also encouraged to order the new, full-color smoking cessation 8’” X 11” posters that are now available in the VHA Publications Depot. Please order these through your Publications and Forms Officer. They are VA Poster 10-84, P96190 and VA Poster 10-85, P96191. These are new posters that we announced as part of the observance of the Great American Smokeout. Quitting Smoking - VA Poster 10-84, P96190 (3 MB, PDF) Quitting Smoking - VA Poster 10-85, P96191 (209 KB, PDF) back to top

Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Home Quitting Smoking Secondhand Smoke About the Program Information for Health Professionals Clinical Topics in Tobacco Cessation Secondhand Smoke Provider Resources The Great American Smokeout Products & Publications FAQs

Surveys and Reports

Integrating Tobacco Cessation Treatment into Mental Health Care

(4 MB, PDF)

In May 2006, the VA Puget Sound Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, in collaboration with the Public Health National Prevention Program held preceptor training for VHA mental health and substance use disorder providers, Integrating Tobacco Cessation Treatment into Mental Health Care. The summary of that meeting is now available in a PDF format.

If you are using a screen reader and are having trouble accessing this file, please contact publichealth@va.gov.

VA in the Vanguard: Building on Success in Smoking Cessation

(4.1 MB, PDF)

In September 2004, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center of the University of California, San Francisco and the VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group held a conference to review best practices in tobacco use cessation clinical programs and policies. For a copy of the complete proceedings, please contact Ms. Catherine Saucedo of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at csaucedo@medicine.ucsf.edu.

If you are using a screen reader and are having trouble accessing this file, please contact publichealth@va.gov.

back to top 

Rules and Regulations

Co-payments for counseling eliminated (49 KB, PDF)
(Federal Register, January 17, 2006)

back to top 

Download free viewer and reader software to view files in PDF format.