Sept 2021
CA Quits Quarterly E-Newsletter
Your quarterly updates: Educational Corner, TLC Spotlight/Corner and Champion's Corner along with resources, articles and events!
EDUCATIONAL CORNER
Brand New Kick It CA Website
(formerly known as the California Smokers' Helpline)


As of September 1, 2021, the California Smokers' Helpline is officially Kick It California. Kick It California phone numbers are now live and staff members are available to greet callers with the new name.

English: 1-800-300-8086
Spanish: 1-800-600-8191

The new website with a brand new logo will be launched at the end of the month. Meanwhile, visitors to the new site before the launch will be greeted with a "Coming Soon" message and will be directed to:

quit.nobutts.org for help to quit smoking
novapes.org for help to quit vaping

2021 TOBACCO LEARNING
COLLABORATIVE UPDATES/SPOTLIGHT
2021 Tobacco Learning Collaborative Updates

The CA Quits Tobacco Learning Collaborative (TLC) participants have made it halfway through the year! In August, CA Quits facilitated a session on Effective Messaging and Material/Design Consideration where participants were able to share some of their messaging and materials and learn how to utilize resources such as Canva and Excel to enhance communication to their targeted audience.

Two TLC participants shared with their cohort what they have developed to improve patients' tobacco quitting referral process in their health systems.
LifeLong Medical Logo
LifeLong Medical Care, an FQHC in Alameda County, produced a brief video to educate clinical staff on how to submit e-referrals to the California Smokers’ Helpline, now Kick It California. The instructional video is intended to reach and train more staff across the FQHCs in Alameda County who utilize the electronic medical record, OCHIN Epic*.

To learn more on how to set up e-referrals to Kick It California, please contact Shannon Haggitt at srhaggitt@ucdavis.edu

**Please note that other clinics utilizing OCHIN Epic may not have the same capabilities demonstrated in the video and to check with your health system’s health informatics team what your process currently looks like.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) is a designated public hospital in Santa Clara County. Their Ambulatory Health Education Department (AHED) provides tobacco cessation classes supported by internal referrals. A pulmonary clinic cessation champion Nurse Practitioner sends out a monthly bulk referral to the AHED’s tobacco team. The patients are then offered cessation services and/or a referral to Kick It California. To streamline the referral process, SCVMC is currently working on creating smart sets and integrating the Kick It CA referral into its electronic medical record system. The goal is to improve efficiency in supporting their internal program and providers when connecting patients to cessation services.
For more information about the TLCs, contact Shannon Haggitt: srhaggitt@ucdavis.edu or Moreen Sharma: mmsharma@ucdavis.edu.
CHAMPION'S CORNER
California AB 541 to Help Patients in Drug
Treatment Programs Quit Smoking

California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed AB 541, which requires all licensed facility or substance use disorder programs in California to assess patients or clients for tobacco use and provide treatment or resources to assist them with treatment to quit smoking.

CA Quits has developed educational resources and helpful scripts which are useful for providers and health professionals working in substance use programs. Simply share the links or print them out and share these tools with your local substance use programs.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Tell Your Story Vaping Cessation Campaign​
California Department of Public Health

Developed as a direct response to the latest high school vaping data from the 2019–20 California Student Tobacco Survey (CSTS), this campaign encourages young people to quit vaping. It promotes the Kick It CA "I Can Quit" text message program, a quit vaping intervention. Promotional materials include social media images, a printable flyer, and short 15-30 seconds videos.
California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN)
Social Media Quit Tips for Young People

(English & Spanish)
CYANonline Social Media Posts - Quit Tips for Young People

New social media quit tips for young people are available. They have a variety of images with helpful tips to help young people quit smoking or vaping. Available in English and Spanish.

Read more
www.cyanonline.org
iCovidQuit Campaign

Share your story via email or use #ICOVIDQUIT on social media to inspire others. "I never thought I had a problem smoking, but I smoked when I drank beers with my friends after my shift at the restaurant where I worked.

Read more
smokingcessationleadership....
ARTICLES/WEBINARS