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Tobacco Cessation
Recommendations:
Tobacco cessation counseling is recommended for all persons who use tobacco products, particularly for pregnant women and people with children in the home. Optimal frequency not determined, but repeated messages over time are associated with greatest success.
Source: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services1
Strategies:
- Ask about smoking: each visit
- Advise tobacco users to quit: each visit
- Assist with a quit plan
- Refer for intensive smoking cessation programs
Effective Treatment Strategies are:
- Nicotine replacement therapy
- Clinician provided support
- Skills training/problem solving techniques
Follow-up:
- schedule visits during quit time
Prevent relapse
- offer reinforcement
- congratulate, encourage
- inquire about problems
- discuss weight gain, lack of support for cessation
Source: Smoking cessation: A guide for primary care
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