Maryland's Tobacco Resource Center - Linking Professionals to Best Practices
  • MDQuit Training

    MDQuit offers online and in-person trainings

  • Maryland Tobacco Quitline

    For more information, please visit smokingstopshere.com

  • Notes from the Field

    Attention all LHDs!  We invite you to share your tobacco control news and accomplishments in future MDQuit newsletters.  Send your story to info@mdquit.org (150 words or less). 

  • MDQuit's 12th Annual Best Practices Conference - Jan. 18, 2018

    Theme:  New and Innovative Practices and Treatments for Tobacco Cessation

Our Mission and Activities

We are the Maryland Quitting Use and Initiation of Tobacco (MDQuit) Resource Center. Our mission is to link professionals and providers to state tobacco initiatives, to provide evidence-based, effective resources and tools to local programs, to create and support an extensive, collaborative network of tobacco prevention and cessation professionals, and to provide a forum for sharing best practices throughout the state of Maryland. Learn More

Our Trainings

MDQuit offers a variety of trainings for healthcare professionals and agencies.

Available Online Trainings - BH2 Admin/Staff

Fax to Assist

Take our online training and become a Fax to Assist Approved Provider -- refer your clients to the Maryland Tobacco Quitline.

Breaking the Habit in Behavioral Health (BH2): New Hope for Clients Who Smoke

MDQuit is disseminating its training program, “Breaking the Habit in Behavioral Health (BH2): New Hope for Clients Who Smoke”  for behavioral health providers across Maryland. 

Upcoming Trainings

Upcoming Events

Spotlights

Preparing for Tobacco-Free Success: A Maryland Story

The road to becoming a tobacco-free campus involved many well-planned aspects. To learn more about Way Station’s transition to a tobacco-free campus read their success story and watch their video!

The "iPhone" of ENDS

A new high-end Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) that has generated a lot of concern from parents, educators, and health professionals has recently come into the spotlight. 

Maryland Celebrates 10 Years of Clean Indoor Air

Press Release - February 1, 2018

The Maryland Department of Health announced the 10-year anniversary of the implementation of the Clean Indoor Air Act. On February 1, 2008, nearly all indoor workplaces and public spaces, including bars and restaurants, became smoke-free.

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Announcements

SAVE THE DATE ~ January 31, 2019

MDQuit's Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter

12th Annual Best Practices Conference: Thursday, January 18th

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Items of Interest

The American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout is on November 15th!

FDA Launches New Campaign: “The Real Cost” Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign

NIH Report: Daily use of marijuana among non-college young adults at all time high

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