State-level factors influencing tobacco cessation quitline spending in 2008.

Tobacco cessation quitlines are an effective population-based smoking cessation treatment. However, quitline funding varies widely. Analyzing state-level factors may help explain these differences.

Tobacco cessation quitline spending in 2005 and 2006: what state-level factors matter?

Tobacco cessation telephone quitlines are an effective population-wide strategy for smoking cessation, but funding for this service varies widely. State-level factors may explain this difference. Data from the 2005 and 2006 North American Quitline Consortium surveys and from publicly available sources were analyzed to identify factors that predict higher levels of per capita quitline funding.