Tobacco Fact Sheets

The fact sheets on this page are free to be reprinted and distributed by researchers, health care professionals, and advocates dedicated to helping people quit tobacco.

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FDA-Approved Medication

• FDA-Approved Medications — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Nicotine Patch: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Nicotine Lozenge: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Nicotine Gum: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Varenicline: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Bupropion: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Nicotine Spray: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • Nicotine Inhaler: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF

**The Nicotine Inhaler is not currently available in the United States

• Medications Dosing Chart
• Chart on Medication Interactions with Tobacco

Medicare & Medicaid

• Medicare Covers Cessation — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Medicaid Covers Cessation — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
  • ForwardHealth Update Sept 2018 Clarification of Tobacco Cessation Copayment Policy (Affordable Care Act):
    • This ForwardHealth Update clarifies that ForwardHealth does not require prior authorization (PA) for tobacco cessation
      counseling services or tobacco cessation products within
      approved diagnoses

Mental Health & Substance Use

• Fact sheet for clinicians
• Fact sheet for office staff
• Fact sheet for pharmacy professionals
• Fact sheet for AODA professionals

Tobacco Products

• Vaping — web friendly or print-friendly PDF
  • Smart Vapes: web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Smokeless, Pouches and Oral Tobacco — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Nicotine Pouches (Zyn, On!)

Tips & Facts about Quitting Tobacco

• Thinking About Change
• Quit Tips — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• What Happens When You Quit — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Weight Management after Quitting Tobacco — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Cardiovascular Disease and Smoking — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• COPD and Smoking — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Asthma and Smoking — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Diabetes and Smoking — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• HIV and Smoking — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF

Resources for Clinicians

• Dental Fact Sheets
• Billing Codes — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF
• Plan to Quit — web friendly or fill it in, print it out! (PDF)
• Wisconsin Outreach Program — web friendly or printer-friendly PDF