Interventions to Facilitate Smoking Cessation - American Family Physician
Jul 15, 2006 - Tobacco use, primarily cigarette smoking, is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States, and nearly one third of those who try a cigarette become addicted to nicotine. Family physicians, who see most of these patients in their offices every year, have ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0715/p262.html
Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, ...
May 15, 2016 - The USPSTF recommends that clinicians ask all adults about tobacco use, advise them to stop using tobacco, and provide behavioral interventions and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved pharmacotherapy for cessation to adults who use tobacco.
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0515/od1.html
Practice Guidelines - Sep 15, 2006 - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2006 - The CDC recommends continued measures to encourage screening to reduce mortality rates from colorectal cancer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compared data from the 2002 and 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys to determine the number...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0915/p1048.html
Practice Guidelines - Sep 15, 2006 - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2006 - Using data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compared tobacco use among adolescents 13 to 15 years of age from 1999 to 2005.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0915/p1048a.html
Nicotine Receptor Partial Agonists for Smoking Cessation - Cochrane for Clinicians - ...
Oct 1, 2011 - Compared with placebo, varenicline more than doubles the chances of successful long-term smoking abstinence. In head-to-head trials, varenicline appears to be at least as effective as nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion (Zyban). The most common adverse effect is nausea, which ...
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/1001/p769.html
PHS Updates Smoking Cessation Guideline - Practice Guidelines - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 2001 - The Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an update of the 1996 smoking cessation guideline that was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0415/p1635.html
Practical Steps to Smoking Cessation for Recovering Alcoholics - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 1998 - Smoking rates among persons with a history of alcohol abuse are triple that of the general public. Strong evidence indicates that the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease is higher in recovering alcoholics than in peers who smoke, but do not drink alcohol. Yet these persons often ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0415/p1869.html
Let Quitlines Assist You in Helping More Smokers Quit - Editorials - American Family ...
Jul 15, 2011 - Despite significant advances in pharmacotherapy and counseling techniques, tobacco use remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for 443,000 premature deaths annually. Family physicians are in an ideal position to influence cessation rates because more than 70 ...
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0715/p162.html
Counseling and Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease in ...
Nov 15, 2010 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians ask all adults about tobacco use and provide tobacco cessation interventions for those who use tobacco products.
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/1115/p1266.html
Counseling for Tobacco Cessation - Putting Prevention into Practice - American Family ...
Dec 1, 2001 - Case study: JT is a 54-year-old man who presents for a follow-up office visit. He requests refills on his prescriptions for enalapril and atorvastatin. You are aware that he is a smoker. Before you can initiate a discussion about his tobacco use, he excitedly reports that he has set a ...
American Family Physician : Putting Prevention into Practice
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/1201/p1881.html
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