A Safety Net Tobacco Use Cessation Resource: Quitline Service Usage, 2019

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Tetlow, Sonia M. ; Zhang, Lei ; Borowiecki, Mateusz ; Kim, Yoonsang ; Gentzke, Andrea S. ; Wang, Teresa W. ; Cornelius, Monica E. ; Hawkins, Nikki A.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Quitlines are free, accessible evidence-based services that may provide an important resource for people facing barriers to clinical treatment for cessation of tobacco use.
  
  Methods
  
  Using 2019 intake data from the National Quitline Data Warehouse, we examined quitline service usage, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics. Only US quitlines reporting service type data were included (n = 40 [of 51]). Callers (aged ≥12 years) who registered with a quitline, reported current use of a tobacco product, and received at least 1 service comprised the analytic data. Chi-square tests examined differences in quitline services received by participant characteristics.
  
  Results
  
  In 2019, 182,544 people reporting current use of a tobacco product received at least 1 service from a quitline in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Among them, 80.4% had attained less than a college or university degree and 70.4% were uninsured or enrolled in Medicaid or in Medicare (aged <65 years). By educational attainment (aged ≥25 years), receipt of cessation medications ranged from 59.4% of callers with a college or university degree to 65.0% of callers with a high school diploma (P < .001). The range by insurance coverage was 59.3% of callers with private insurance to 74.7% of callers with Medicare (aged <65 years) (P < .001).
  
  Conclusion
  
  Quitlines served as a resource for low-SES populations in 2019, providing cessation services to many people who may face barriers to clinical cessation treatment. Strengthening and expanding quitlines may help to increase cessation among populations with a disproportionately high prevalence of tobacco product use and improve the health and well-being of people in the US.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Hotlines Humans Medicare Nicotiana Smoking Cessation Tobacco Use Cessation Tobacco Use Disorder
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2023; 20
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.230033
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  37769250
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10557988
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  20
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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