Incentive Program to Quit Using Menthol Flavored Tobacco Products
Help Your Patients Who Use Menthol Flavored
Tobacco Products
It's a Massachusetts law: as of June 1, flavored tobacco, including menthol, is no longer sold in corner stores, grocery stores, gas stations, or other retail outlets.
Why No Menthol?
This is a first in the nation policy aimed at improving the health of Massachusetts youth as well as the health of Black, Latinx, Asian, Native American, LGBTQ+, and behavioral health communities that have been unjustly targeted by the tobacco and vaping industries and excluded from previous legislation.
To learn more about the marketing and dangers of menthol, visit the No Menthol, Know Why campaign website.
To learn more about the tobacco industry's successful infiltration into the Black community, visit the website www.blacklivesblacklungs.com which includes a link to the short film "Black Lives, Black Lungs."
Massachusetts Smokers' Helpline is offering an incentive program to residents who use mentholated tobacco products
Menthol Incentive program details:
Residents will receive $10 after completing the first coaching call, $15 after the second coaching call, and $25 after the third coaching call.
If residents enroll online, they must complete coaching calls via telephone to receive the incentive(s).
This incentive program may be time limited pending utility and availability of funds.
In addition to the incentive program, up to 8 weeks of free Nicotine Replacement Therapy is also available to residents who speak with a coach (once screened for medical eligibility).
Patients are also encouraged to take advantage of the Helpline's full offerings including a total of 5 coaching calls, unlimited calls to the helpline, and online support.
To access the MA Smokers' Helpline, MA residents can:
Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
Enroll online (www.makesmokinghistory.org/quit-now)
Be referred to the Helpline or by a healthcare, behavioral health provider, or social service provider (QUITWORKS, accessed via https://ma.quitlogix.org/en-US/Just-Looking/Health-Professional/How-to-R...)
QuitWorks is a tobacco cessation referral service for healthcare providers in Massachusetts.
It is a program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in collaboration with major
health plans. Click here for more information.
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