California Smoker’s Hotline
A Good Idea
Description
The California Smoker’s Hotline is a collaborative effort between First 5 California and the California Department of Public Health. The toll-free Hotline offers callers one-on-one telephone counseling, referrals to local resources, and self-help materials. The telephone counselors provide support and use evidence-based tobacco cessation counseling protocols. Counseling is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
First 5 is funded through Proposition 10, which adds a 50-cent tax to each pack of cigarettes sold.
First 5 is funded through Proposition 10, which adds a 50-cent tax to each pack of cigarettes sold.
Goal / Mission
The Hotline’s goal is to help individuals and families quite smoking.
Results / Accomplishments
In the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year, 36,825 individuals called the hotline. Of these, 20% were either pregnant or had a child zero to five years of age, 52% self identified as an ethnic minority, 60% had Medi-Cal health coverage, and 20% were uninsured.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
First 5 California Children and Families Commission (First 5) and California Department of Public Health
Primary Contact
Kris Perry, Executive Director for First 5 California
California Children and Families Commission
2389 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 260
Sacramento, CA 95833
(916) 263-1050
info@ccfc.ca.gov
http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/pdf/press/fact%20sheets/SMO...
California Children and Families Commission
2389 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 260
Sacramento, CA 95833
(916) 263-1050
info@ccfc.ca.gov
http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/pdf/press/fact%20sheets/SMO...
Topics
Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
Organization(s)
First 5 California Children and Families Commission (First 5) and California Department of Public Health
Date of publication
2010
Location
California
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Target Audience
Adults, Families