Thinking About Quitting Tobacco?
Quitting can be tough,
but you don’t have to do it alone. SoonerCare and the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline
offer tobacco cessation benefits to help you with your attempt to quit tobacco.
Members may receive counseling, as well as prescription and over-the-counter
medications to help them stop using tobacco. Ask your doctor for help quitting
and discuss what product(s) are best for you.
SoonerCare Benefits
As a SoonerCare member, the following benefits are available:
- Counseling sessions with your SoonerCare doctor to help you quit using tobacco
- Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges with a prescription from your doctor
- Free medications, including Zyban, Chantix, and inhaler and nasal spray with a prescription from your doctor
Talk to your doctor about the benefits of combining products. Because these are tobacco cessation products, they do not count against your six prescription limit.
Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline
FREE tobacco cessation
services are available to all Oklahomans through the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.
The Helpline offers free,
customizable services and tools to help Oklahomans quit tobacco on their
own terms. Plus, patients enrolled in SoonerCare are eligible for extra tobacco
cessation services.
If you don’t qualify
for SoonerCare but would still like to quit using tobacco, you can contact the
Helpline for free services and nonjudgmental support. Simply call 1-800-QUIT
NOW or visit OKhelpline.com.
To learn more about SoonerCare
and the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, click here.
For questions or more information
about this SoonerCare benefit, call the SoonerCare Helpline at (800) 987-7767
or (800) 757-5979 (TDD).
Healthcare Providers
Doctors play a key
role in helping patients become tobacco free. By offering options,
medications and support to patients, you can help reduce the impact tobacco has
on their health. If you’re a healthcare provider interested in helping patients
quit, free resources are available here.
For questions or more information contact SoonerQuit@okhca.org.