Medi-Cal Incentives to Quit Smoking (MIQS) Tools for Patients: Medi-Cal Member Flyer in Multiple Languages

The MIQS project seeks to motivate Medi-Cal members who smoke to quit smoking by offering a $20 gift card for calling the California Smokers' Helpline and enrolling in its free telephone-based cessation support services. This page provides downloadable member flyers that describe the MIQS incentive, available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese.

Medi-Cal members smoke at higher rates than the general population and are at high risk for developing
smoking-related chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.

Here's What You Can Do To Help:

1) ASK all Medi-Cal members if they smoke. 

2) ADVISE them to quit smoking. 

3) REFER members who smoke and want to quit to the California Smokers' Helpline at 1-800-NO-BUTTS for free cessation counseling in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese.   

4) MOTIVATE members to call by telling them about the $20 gift card and providing the member flyer.

Download files below

MIQS Medi-Cal Member Flyer: suitable for distribution to Medi-Cal members, this flyer describes the process and eligibility for getting the $20 gift card incentive

Find more MIQS information here

MIQS Project: An overview of the MIQS Project

MIQS Tools for Provider Action: Downloadable materials for health care providers and social service organizations that serve Medi-Cal members; ideas for promoting the incentive

MIQS Data: Statewide and county-specific data on smoking prevalence and Helpline MIQS calls

MIQS Partners and Rationale: Organizations involved in MIQS; the evidence for incentives

If you have questions about the Medi-Cal Incentives to Quit Smoking Project, contact Deana Lidgett, MIQS Outreach Coordinator, at 916-552-9956 or Deana.Lidgett@cdph.ca.gov