Smoking and COVID-19

Smoking tobacco may increase the risk of serious complications from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Now is a good time to quit for keeps. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or enroll online for free help.

• People Who Are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness
• Quitline Online Enrollment
• COVID-19

About the S.C. Tobacco Quitline: Information for Health Care Providers

• Quitline Facts (pdf)
• Who is Eligible? (pdf)

Materials to help people quit

We provide free materials to help you promote the S.C. Tobacco Quitline.

To order hard copies, complete the Quitline materials order form (pdf). Fax the form to (803) 898-3476 and we'll mail the materials to you.

Samples of materials:

• Quit for Keeps Poster (pdf)
• Quit for Keeps Info Card, English/Spanish (pdf)
• Quit for Keeps Mock Prescription Pad, English/Spanish (pdf)

Tools for Health Care Providers

Using Fax Referral System

• Provider Fax Referral Form - DPH 1617 (pdf)

To Help Patients Quit

• CME Online Training (pdf)
• SC 2As+R Brief Tobacco Intervention Training
• Clinical Practice Guideline website (AHRQ)
• Clinician Guide (pdf) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• CDC - Guide for Making Informed Decisions

To Help Pregnant Smokers Quit

• Quit Smoking for You and Your Baby - Brochure (pdf)
• Smoke-Free Families Patient Materials

Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage

• Tobacco Cessation S.C. Medicaid Bulletin (pdf)

Medicare Coverage for Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Use Cessation Counseling

• Medicare and Smoking Cessation (2009) (pdf)
• Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services Brochure (pdf)