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. 2015 Jul 16;12:E110. doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150024

Table 1. Quitline Services for Tobacco Users Enrolled in the Nebraska, North Carolina, or Texas State Tobacco Quitlines, March 19–June 10, 2012.

Service Nebraska North Carolina Texas
1-call program All tobacco users All tobacco users Not offered
Multiple-call programa 5-Call program for tobacco users ready to quit in the next 30 days 4-Call program for tobacco users ready to quit in the next 30 days 5-Call program for the following groups:
     • Uninsured
     • Medicaid-insured
     • Callers in designated Tobacco Prevention and Control Coalition (TPCC) counties (awarded enhanced services via a state-based competitive request-for-proposal process)
10-Call program Pregnant tobacco users Pregnant tobacco users Pregnant tobacco users
Web Coach b All telephone program participants All telephone program participants All telephone program participants
Stand-alone Web-based tobacco cessation program Not offered For tobacco users who preferred to receive only online support
  • For tobacco users who preferred to receive only online support

  • Only service option for tobacco users not eligible for telephone program (commercially insured in non-TPCC counties)

Direct mail order NRT
  • Not offered

  • Proof of quitline enrollment and completion of a program call was a component for some Medicaid participants to receive NRT or medications through their pharmacy benefits manager

  • 8-Week supply of patches, lozenges, or gum for multiple- call program enrollees (through May 20, 2012)

  • 8-Week supply of patches for multiple- call program enrollees with state employees’ health insurance (duration of study timeframe)

  • 8-Week supply of patches, gum, or lozenges for MC enrollees who were uninsured or pregnant

  • Benefit extended to all enrollees who were fax-referred to the quitline from medical clinics starting March 30, 2012

Abbreviation: NRT, nicotine replacement therapy.

a

Initial assessment and planning call plus 3 to 4 outbound calls.

b

An interactive online tool to complement telephone coaching (29).