What CT Quit Support Offers to Clinical Partners

Clinician Education and Training

We work directly with care teams to integrate best-practice cessation into everyday care. Core supports include:

• Clinician education and training
  • Live and virtual trainings
  • Link to PPT on 5A’s (forthcoming)
  • Link to Lung.training
• Education on counseling, pharmacotherapy and benefits of combining medication with behavioral support
• Continuing education opportunities where available

Stipend and Scholarship Opportunities

The American Lung Association is offering scholarships to cover training costs of the Freedom From Smoking (FFS) and Not On Tobacco (NOT) tobacco and nicotine treatment programs, as well as stipends to implement sustainable changes to existing pharmacy infrastructure to promote increased tobacco treatment resource referral and utilization by Connecticut residents. 

Stipend and Scholarship Eligibility

All pharmacists and pharmacies in Connecticut are eligible to apply. Pharmacies may apply for all three (3) opportunities. Application review will begin on June 1, 2026, and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Click on the links below to apply!

Health Systems Integration

• Technical assistance to embed tobacco use screening, brief intervention and referral into EHR workflows
• Support to implement e-referrals to the CT Quitline and other cessation resources
• Tools to track and improve performance over time

Pharmacist-focused Support

• Education to strengthen pharmacists’ role in assessment, counseling and referral to the CT Quitline
• Resources to support collaborative practice agreements for cessation where feasible
• Outreach materials to promote in-pharmacy cessation services and CT Quitline referrals

Team-based Resources

• Clinical quick-reference guides, patient facing handouts and workflow aides
• Scripts for brief interventions in primary care, behavioral health, hospital and pharmacy settings
• Resources tailored for priority populations, including Medicaid members and people with behavioral health conditions
  • Empower Your Community: These toolkits have resources that will serve to strengthen the knowledge that educators, social service providers, health care providers, researchers, community-based organizations, have regarding tobacco use, prevention, and cessation to better serve their communities.