Can the ARRA money for component III be used to build a new state-based quit line?
The funding is to support enhancement/expansion sequence for proactive quitline services to reach the goal of 80,000 additional tobacco quitters above the current number of quitters is in the FOA on pp 38-39. Q: In our state one of our disparate population groups is smokers who are in lower socio-economic groupings. We currently do not ask an income question on our Quitline intake. We do ask for education level and type of insurance. For the purpose of measuring reach of our Quitline to this population, will the CDC accept education and/or insurance type as a proxy for socio-economic status, or should we look to add a question about income to our Quitline intake. A: We plan to include a question on education level in the quitline intake survey. At this point in time, we do not plan to include questions on income or type of insurance in the quitline intake survey. However, states can choose to add their own questions to their surveys.
