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Table 8. Behavioral Resources for Smoking Cessation
Resource Description
Web-based: Asian Smokers'
Quitline
Mandarin, Cantonese,
Korean, and Vietnamese
Speakers
https://www.
asiansmokersquitline.org/
• Operated by the Moores Cancer Center at the
University of California, San Diego, funded by a
grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
• Created to support tobacco cessation for persons
who speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and
Vietnamese across the United States.
• Some participants may be eligible for a 2-wk starter
kit of nicotine patches.
• Telephone counseling developed to deliver a quit
plan and support quitting, and printed self-help
materials sent to participants.
Web-based: BecomeAnEX
Available in English and
Spanish
https://www.becomeanex.org
• Created by the Truth Initiative, a nonprofit public
education in partnership with the Mayo Clinic
Nicotine Dependence Center.
• Website with information about cessation of
smoking, vaping, or use of smokeless tobacco, with
resources to build an individualized quit plan.
• Includes support from experts and an online
community, and a text message–based program for
quitting vaping focused on teens and young adults:
"This is Quitting."
• An employer-based program, the EX Program, is
also available through the Truth Initiative.
(cont'd)
4.2.4. Alcohol and Substance Use
COR LOE
Recommendations
1 C-LD 1. Patients with CCD should be routinely asked and counseled
about substance use to reduce ASCVD events.
2a B-NR 2. In patients with CCD who consume alcohol, it is reasonable
to limit alcohol intake (≤1 drink/d for women, ≤2 drinks/d
for men) to reduce cardiovascular and all-cause death.
3: No
Benefit
B-NR 3. Patients with CCD should not be advised to consume alcohol
for the purpose of cardiovascular protection.
