The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is pleased to announce the availability of funds to address the prevention and control of tobacco use in Connecticut by operating a statewide tobacco use cessation telephone quitline.
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit applications to implement and maintain a
comprehensive telephone-based tobacco use cessation quitline that will assist
Connecticuts residents in their efforts to quit tobacco use through counseling,
information, and self-help materials; and to assist with the development of a marketing
campaign that includes the promotion of the services of the implemented Quitline.
Telephone Quitline services in Connecticut are currently being offered through contract with Free and Clear, Inc. of Seattle, Washington. That contract is in place until March 31, 2009.