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December 19, 2014
For Immediate Release: December 19, 2014
LANSING, Mich. – Oncologists across Michigan are working collaboratively to help their cancer patients quit smoking. This nationally recognized Tobacco Cessation Collaborative is supported by the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium, a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan-funded collaborative quality initiative, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), and the Michigan Cancer Consortium.
“It is never too late to quit smoking and improve your health,” said Dr. Matthew Davis, Chief Medical Executive for the MDCH. “This collaborative effort provides physicians with additional avenues to connect their patients with the resources they need to quit smoking.”
Thirty-two oncology practices and cancer centers across the state have created systems through the collaborative to routinely refer their patients to the Michigan Tobacco Quitline. The Quitline provides free telephone counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to support individuals who want to quit smoking. Since the collaborative began in May of last year, more than 1,000 cancer patients have been referred to the Quitline for cessation services.
The Surgeon General’s 2014 report, ‘The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress’, describes the benefits to cancer patients from quitting smoking, which include reduced cancer treatment toxicity, minimized risk of developing another cancer or other tobacco-related illness, and increased chances for survival.
Still, a recent study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal published by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), stated that nearly 10 percent of all cancer survivors continued to smoke nine years after being diagnosed, and 83 percent of these patients smoked an average of almost 15 cigarettes a day. This highlights the addictiveness of nicotine and the support cancer patients need to quit.
The Surgeon General’s report highlights the need for the health care providers to offer proven tobacco cessation support. The Tobacco Cessation Collaborative helps provide that support by training oncology provider offices on the best practices for treating tobacco use, including asking their patients about tobacco use, advising them to quit, and referring them to tobacco cessation treatment. The collaborative also trains oncology providers on the tobacco cessation treatment available through the Michigan Tobacco Quitline, which includes tobacco cessation counseling by highly trained counselors and free nicotine replacement therapy, including nicotine patches or gum, for cancer patients.
Working together through the Tobacco Cessation Collaborative, Michigan oncologists are helping cancer patients quit smoking and live better. For more information about this collaborative, visit http://moqc.org/TobaccoCessation or http://www.michigancancer.org/AboutTheMCC/CurrentProjects-Tobacco.html.
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