Benchmarking

Sustained Performance

The national performance standard for tobacco cessation is the National Health Interview Survey. In 2022, only 38% of those who attempted to quit smoking received effective treatment, with 36.3% receiving medication, 7.3% receiving counselling, and 6.4% received optimal treatment with both counseling and medication. 8.8% were successful. Read the paper here

Kaiser Permanente of Northern California shows how to build and maintain a sustained tobacco cessation that demonstrates a reduction in prevalence.

Additional insights include tobacco use identification algorithms and optimal use of both staff and systems Read the article 300,000 quitters and counting; A systematic approach to tobacco cessation here

Variation is the enemy of quality

Almaaitah and colleagues report on wide variation in tobacco cessation interventions in Smoking cessation rates varied substantially at the practitioner, practice site, and health system levels

Read Variation in Patient Smoking Cessation Rates Among Health-Care Providers here

Economic Outcomes

Marlon Mundt and colleagues have measured the economic outcomes after hire of tobacco treatment specialists for a value-based program.

Baughman and colleagues modelled the impact of treating tobacco cessation at every opportunity in a few for service environment