Kentucky Tobacco Users' Calls to a National Quitline.

Abstract

Telephone quitlines are an established, evidence-based strategy for tobacco cessation; however, many tobacco users fail to take advantage of quitline services. This paper serves as an opportunity to characterize Kentuckians who contacted the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Smoking Quitline (1-877-44U-QUIT) for tobacco cessation assistance. Results indicate men, those with less education, rural residents, and ethnic/racial minorities were all less likely to contact the quitline than their respective counterparts. Public health and medical practitioners should tailor future quitline promotional efforts through communication channels and information sources utilized by these populations in order to increase referrals to and use of evidence-based tobacco cessation services.