You Can Help. So Can We.
You play a key role in supporting your patient’s path to a successful quit. We’re here to help too. First, we offer a simple way to refer your patients to our free support. Second, we can help supplement your commercial tobacco and cessation knowledge base with free, convenient and accredited online learning.
Two Easy Ways to Refer Patients
Referring patients takes just a few minutes using our web referral or fax. Any type of healthcare professional (i.e., doctor, registered nurse, dentist, therapist, pharmacist, etc.) can make a referral. We’ll do the rest, contacting your patient within 24 hours. Patients do not need to have health insurance to be referred.
For professionals referring patients that have a medical condition that may interact with the use of nicotine replacement therapy, please use the fax referral form.
How to Support Your Patients
While the decision to quit is personal, you can take steps to improve screening, treatment and referral for commercial tobacco use. Let patients know that you are concerned about how commercial tobacco use relates to their current and long-term health and share how Quit Partner’s free program can help them take the next step. If they’re ready to start, refer them. Access our health systems change resources to help you get started.
Free and Convenient CE Credits with Quit Partner
Designed with busy healthcare professionals in mind, each quick and engaging digital course covers questions commonly asked within a clinical setting about commercial tobacco. From delivering a brief intervention and referring a patient to Quit Partner to trends around vaping and how commercial tobacco disparately impacts certain populations within Minnesota, these free courses are a quick and easy way to receive continuing education credits on a timely topic.
COVID-19 and Commercial Tobacco
People who smoke or vape may have an increased risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19. Let your patients know that quitting smoking improves lung health in as soon as two weeks. If they’re ready to quit, we’re here to help.