Help SAVE a life
before it's too late.

Integrate a 30
second tobacco
cessation
intervention as part
of  your daily nursing
practice:

ASK about tobacco
use
ADVISE about the
health effects
ASSESS readiness
to quit

REFER to
1-800-QUIT NOW
Nurses for Tobacco Control
Nurses for Tobacco Control
is a national coalition of nursing education
leaders committed to improving the health
and wellness of individuals and
communities impacted by tobacco use.

Founder and Chair:
Janie Heath PhD, APRN-BC, ANP, ACNP, FAAN
Associate Professor and
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Medical College of Georgia
School of Nursing
Augusta, GA
For Profile Click HERE

Co-Chair:
Jeannette Andrews PhD, APRN-BC, FNP
Associate Professor and
Senior Nurse Scientist
Medical University of South Carolina
College of Nursing
Charleston, SC
For Profile Click HERE

Co-Chair:
Claudia Barone EdD, RN, LNC, CPC
Dean  
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
School of Nursing
Little Rock, AR
For Profile Click HERE
Partnerships
with the Nurses for Tobacco Control
Coalition (NTCC) started in 2003 during
the first Summer Institute for Tobacco
Control Practices in Nursing Education at
Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
 Through funding with the American
Legacy Foundation, over 80 schools of
nursing had faculty members attend the 2
day train-the-trainer workshop.  Based on
the evidence-based, the University of
California San Francisco (UCSF) Rx for
Change: Clinician Assisted Tobacco
Cessation Curriculum, nursing faculty
obtained the essential skills and
knowledge to integrate tobacco control
practices in their classrooms and practice
settings.  

In 2005, additional funding from the UCSF
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center,
provided support to galvanize acute and
critical care nurses to integrate tobacco
control practices at the local, state, and
national level.  Through this initiative,
founders of NTCC recognized a need for
nurses to have a centralized area to
obtain resources to improve tobacco
control practices.
The Mission and Goals of
NTCC are to provide resources to
improve the health and wellness of all
individuals and communities impacted by
tobacco use through:

Research
Education
Advocacy
Practice

The goal of NTCC is to help nurses
REAP the benefits for tobacco control
by using resources and links available
through our website -
www.nurses4tobaccocontrol.org.
Janie Heath providing tobacco cessation
counseling.
About Us > Nurses for Tobacco Control
Kentucky nursing faculty colleagues with
Janie Heath - from left to right:

Dr. Sharon Locke, University of Kentucky;
Dr. Lynn Kelso, University of Kentucky;
Dr. Cheryl Zambroski, University of
Louisville
Jeannette Andrews obtaining CO measure
for a Sister-to-Sister  tobacco cessation
research intervention.