Utilization of a tobacco quit line prior to and after a tobacco tax increase.

Objective: To evaluate the utilization of a tobacco quit line prior to and after an increase in tobacco taxes.

Methods: Intake data were utilized to assess the number of callers to the quit line between May 2004 and April 2006. The characteristics of callers were also compared over three time periods; the 5 months prior to a voter initiative to increase the tax (May-September 2004), the 3 months just prior to the tax increase (October-December 2004), and the 5 months after the tax became effective (January-May 2005).