Smoking and Tobacco Use

• Colorado Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)

The Colorado QuitLine has a special program to help pregnant women quit smoking during pregnancy and stay smoke-free after the baby is born. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) to learn how to quit tobacco today! Be sure to tell them you are pregnant so you can participate in the special program.

This FREE program provides:

• As many as nine FREE personal coaching calls available from the start of the pregnancy through the postpartum period

• The same, specially trained coach throughout your quit process

• Text messaging for support during your quit process

• Rewards that can be used to purchase items for yourself and/or your baby

  • $5 per completed call during pregnancy (up to $25) 

  • $10 per completed call after your baby is born (up to $40)

The Colorado QuitLine is a FREE telephone-based coaching program available to Colorado residents 15 years of age and older who are ready to quit smoking. Clients who call the QuitLine will be asked a few basic questions to enroll in the program.

Free nicotine replacement therapy (patches or lozenges) is available to smokers 18 years of age and over and medically eligible. A prescription for nicotine replacement therapy is required for smokers who are pregnant.

Tobacco Cessation Campaign Materials
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment launched a tobacco cessation campaign in the Fall of 2010 to motivate Medicaid recipients and pregnant women who smoke to call the Colorado QuitLine (1-800-QUIT-NOW). As a part of the campaign, FREE materials were designed to help inform clients and providers about the Colorado QuitLine services, including the new QuitLine program specially designed for pregnant women, as well as the expanded tobacco cessation medication benefit through Medicaid. If you are interested in ordering these FREE materials, please go to www.cohealthresources.org and select “QuitLine” under the Campaign dropdown menu.

• How to place an order - step-by-step instructions

• Campaign Fact Sheet

• QuitLine Fax Referral Sheet - English

  • Spanish

Smoking Cessation Decision Tree & Online Resource Lists
The Prenatal Smoking Cessation Project Team at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment developed two online resource lists, one for professionals and one for clients. The team also developed a smoking cessation decision tree for providers. The decision tree is a simplified version of the Colorado Clinical guidelines Collaborative (CCGC) tobacco cessation guideline. The simplified decision tree was created for front line staff and can be used in situations where client counseling time is limited.

• Prenatal/Postpartum Smoking Cessation Protocol

• Smoking Cessation Resources for Women and their Families

• Resources for Professionals

Prenatal Smoking Cessation Websites for Professionals

• National Partnership for Smoke-Free Families

• HealthTeamWorks Clinical Guidelines for Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke Exposure

• Tobacco Use and Pregnancy - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Colorado Data on Tobacco Use During Pregnancy

• Health Watch 75 - Smoking Before, During and After Pregnancy: Colorado Trends, May 2010

Tobacco Cessation Trainings

• "Tools to Help Pregnant Women Quit Smoking" (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) - Archived webinar originally aired 10/19/11

  • Presentation Handout

  • Speaker's Notes

• "Help Your Pregnant Patients Stop Smoking" - Web-based CME Course (Marshall University)

• “Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond” (Dartmouth Medical School)

• “Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy” (American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

• HealthTeamWorks Professional Development Opportunities - HealthTeamWorks has a number of free professional development opportunities in the form of webcasts for Colorado physicians and clinical office staff. To view past webcasts on tobacco cessation, including “Working with Pregnant Women Who Smoke: Tools You Can Use to Help Them Quit”, click here.

Related Documents

• Training and Resources

• Preconception Health

Related Websites

• Best Practices

• Maternal and Child Health

• Prenatal Plus

• Breastfeeding Essentials

News and Events

• Tobacco Strategic Plan - Webinar Schedule and Details (Dec. 21, Jan. 5 and Jan. 17)

Communications from the Review Committee

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Budget Updates

• May 24, 2011 - The 2011 Colorado legislative session ended on May 11. Senate Joint Resolution 11-009, which declares a state fiscal emergency, was approved by both chambers of the General Assembly.  Senate Bill 11-211 will transfer tobacco tax revenues from the Amendment 35 grant programs to other health-related purposes (as allowed by the state constitution during a state fiscal emergency). This bill was signed by the governor on May 5, 2011.  If you would like further information about these bills, please go to the General Assembly website.

Due to the passage of the two bills above, the approximate final dollar amount that will be available to the tobacco grant program for Fiscal Year 2011-12 is $5.2 million.

• Review Committee Meetings

Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Grant Program

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Prevention Services Division, PSD-A5

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South 

Denver, CO  80246-1530 

303-692-2698

The Tobacco Education, Prevention, and Cessation Grant Program was created by Colorado Revised Statute Section 25-3.5-804 to "provide funding for community-based and statewide tobacco education programs designed to reduce initiation of tobacco use by children and youth, promote cessation of tobacco use among youth and adults, and reduce exposure to secondhand smoke."  The grant program is administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Prevention Services Division.

• Tobacco Strategic Plan - Webinar Schedule and Details (Dec. 21, Jan. 5 and Jan. 17)

Current Grantees:  The program is currently funding twenty-four (24) grants totaling approximately $5.2 million for the period July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, as summarized in the file below.

• Tobacco grant program awards for July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

Laws:  The grant program is governed by the following legislation:

• Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.): Title 25, Article 3.5, Part 8, Section 25-3.5-801 et seq. (revised as a result of Amendment 35).

• Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR): 6 CCR 1015-5 contains the Colorado Board of Health Rules for the grant program.

  • Tobacco Grant Funding (1015-5)  (unofficial PDF)

Publications:

• 2008 Annual Report for the tobacco grant program

• Amendment 35 Report for January 2005 through June 2007

There are no current funding opportunities.

When a new funding opportunity is released in the future, information about funding priorities will be posted here.

• 2008 Annual Report for the tobacco grant program (under construction)

The State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (STEPP) has released a Request for Applications (RFA) to provide training and technical assistance to Amendment 35 tobacco grantees. 

Tobacco Technical Assistance Request for Applications Guidelines and Forms

  Budget template for Tobacco TA application