Toolkits and Support for Systems Change

Tips From the Field Guide

Our newest resource, How to Address Tobacco Use in Minnesota's Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services: TIPS FROM THE FIELD, was written by Minnesota mental health and substance use disorder professionals. This guide provides easy-to-follow information and resources to help others incorporate tobacco treatment and support services.

View guide and accompanying handouts here.

Billing Guide Addendum for Behavioral Health (Guide, September 2019, American Lung Association)

Billing Guide for Tobacco Screening and Cessation (Guide, June 2018, American Lung Association)

A Toolkit to Address Tobacco Use in Behavioral Health Settings: A Guide for Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Professionals

This toolkit was developed for a broad continuum of mental health and substance use treatment professionals in an initial stage of considering how their organization can address tobacco. It contains information and step-by-step instructions, including:

• Low burden means of assessing readiness to quit
• Tobacco treatment
• Strategies for implementing policy
• Strategies to increase tobacco treatments opportunities and success
• Referral to community resources

A Toolkit to Address Tobacco Use in Behavioral Health Settings: A Guide for mental health and substance use treatment professionals