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Partnership for Prevention advocates that all healthcare professionals contribute to the public’s health by making tobacco cessation a priority. Specifically, we propose that all patients be screened for tobacco as a standard practice and tobacco users be offered cessation treatment and follow-up support to help them quit and remain tobacco free. While this is currently a standard of care for some providers, it is not routine practice across the board in spite of broad agreement that tobacco cessation treatments are both effective and cost-effective. We believe tobacco cessation treatment is one of the most important actions medical professionals can take for their patients.

 

An MMWR study published in June 2012 tracked some three billion visits to physicians’ offices from 2005-2009 and found that:

 

• Only 20.9% of adult patients who use tobacco received cessation counseling, and

 

• Only 7.6% of patients who use tobacco received a tobacco cessation medication.

 

However, the report also notes that recent smoking cessation success is much higher for those persons who visited a physician in the past year than those who did not (7.2% vs. 3.9%). Thus, physician tobacco cessation interventions should be seen as highly effective, when implemented.

 

 

 

Healthcare Provider Resources

 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence- Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians

 

American Academy of Family Physicians

 

Treating Tobacco Dependence Practice Manual:Build a Better Office System

 

Interview with AAFP: Office Champion Tobacco Cessation Project

 

Ask and Act Practice Toolkit

 

American Medical Association
Educating Physicians on Controversies & Challenges in Health: Smoking Cessation in Special Populations

 

Partnership for Prevention and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Healthcare Provider Reminder Systems

 

University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention 

 

    Healthcare Providers Tools for Treating Tobacco Dependence

 

    Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Training Manual for Healthcare Providers 
    
    Treating Tobacco Use Dependence: A Toolkit for Dental Office Teams

 

    Case Studies Volume II: Innovated Approaches

University of California, San Francisco
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Public Health Service  
Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians

 

Destination Tobacco-Free:  Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign
The Washington Health Foundation
Working with Patients

 

University of California, San Francisco

Rx for Change

 

Research

 

Journal of the American Medical Association - Strategies to Help a Smoker Who Is Struggling to Quit 

 

Journal of the American Medical Association - How Clinicians Can Help Smokers to Quit 

 

Health Care Providers’ Advice to Quit Smoking, National Health Interview Survey, 2000, 2005, and 2010

 

How the Most Trusted Venues for Health-Related Information Influence Physician Referrals to Smoking Cessation Services

 

MMWR -Tobacco Use Screening and Counseling During Physician Office Visits Among Adults England Journal of Medicine 

 

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