(a) The “NH Tobacco Cessation Self-Screening Patient Intake Form” shall contain the following:
- (1) Name of the patient;
- (2) Date of birth of the patient;
- (3) Age of the patient;
- (4) The date completed;
- (5) Blood pressure and mmHg at the time the form is completed;
- (6) Yes or no to the question “Do you have health insurance”;
- (7) Name of the insurance provider, PCP, or health care provider;
- (8) List of medications being taken by the patient;
- (9) Yes or no to “Do you have any allergies to medication” and if yes list the medication the patient is allergic to including any food allergies;
- (10) Answer to the question “Do you have a preferred tobacco cessation product you would like to use”;
- (11) Yes or no to the question to “Have you tried quitting smoking in the past” and if yes describe the attempt;
(12) Answer the question “What best describes how you have tried to stop smoking in the past” with one of the following:
- a. Cold turkey;
- b. Tapering or slowly reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke a day;
c. Medicine:
- 1. Nicotine replacement (like patches, gum, inhalers, lozenges, etc.); or
- 2. Prescription medications (ex. Bupropion [Zyban, Wellbutrin], Varenicline [Chantrix]_
- d. Other;
(13) Answer yes, no, or not sure to the following background information questions:
- a. Are you under 18 years of age;
- b. Are you pregnant, nursing, or planning on getting pregnant or nursing in the next 6 months; and
- c. Are you currently using and trying to quit non-cigarette products (ex. Chewing tobacco, vaping, e-cigarettes, Juul);
(14) Answer yes, no, or not sure to the following medical history questions:
- a. Have you ever had a heart attack, irregular heart beat or angina, or chest pains in the past two weeks;
- b. Do you have stomach ulcers;
- c. Do you wear dentures or have TMJ (temporomandibular joint disease;
- d. Do you have a chronic nasal disorder (ex. Nasal polyps, sinusitis, rhinitis);
- e. Do you have a chronic nasal disorder (ex. Nasal polyps, sinusitis, rhinitis); and
- f. Do you have asthma or another chronic lung disorder (ex. COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis;
- g. Have you ever had an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia;
- h. Have you ever had seizure, convulsion, significant head trauma, brain surgery, history of stroke , or diagnosis of epilepsy;
- i. Have you ever been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease;
- j. Have you ever been diagnosed with liver disease;
- k. Have you been diagnosed with or treated for mental health illness in the past 2 ears (ex. Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia;
- l. Do you take a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressant (ex. Selegiline [Emsam, Zelapar], Phenelzine [Nardil], Isocarboxazid [Marplan], Tranylcypromine [Parnate], Rasagiline [Azilect]);
- m. Do you take linexolid (Zyvox); and
- n. Do you use alcohol or have you recently stopped taking sedatives (ex. Benzodiazepines);
- (15) Yes or no to the question “Do you smoke fewer than 10 cigarettes a day”;
(16) Answer the following questions with not at all, several days, more than half the days, or nearly every day:
a. Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems:
- 1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things; and
- 2. Feeling down, depressed or hopeless;
(17) Answer the following suicide screening question with not at all, several days, more than half the days, or nearly every day:
- a. Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you had thoughts that you would be better off dead, or thoughts of hurting yourself in some way; and
- (18) The patient’s signature and date of signing.
- (b) The “Tobacco Cessation Assessment & Treatment Care Pathway” shall be the document revised 12/2022 and available on the boards web site, https://www.oplc.nh.gov/board-pharmacy-forms-and-documents.
Source. #13559, eff 4-12-23