NAQC Project to Strengthen State-Level Quitline Funding

NAQC’s new project, supported by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, generated defensible funding recommendations to increase U.S. state and territorial quitline capacity across four core areas: services and NRT, promotion and reach, health systems change for referrals, and comprehensive staffing. As part of this effort, NAQC has released project fact sheets at the January Community of Practice meeting and shared them via email with state contacts, using data from the FY24 NAQC Annual Survey of Quitlines and national health datasets to estimate the resources needed for each state to implement all six priority best practices and exceed median quitline reach. These fact sheets show how each jurisdiction compares to national median service benchmarks and outline recommended funding levels to close service gaps, helping to strengthen national cessation system capacity for both immediate impact and long-term sustainability.