February 7, 2012   Most smokers want to quit smoking, and more than half have tried to quit in the prior year, but those who are trying to quit aren’t receiving the help and support they need. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 68.8 percent of current smokers said they would like to stop smoking completely, and 52.4 percent had tried to quit smoking in the preceding year. However, 68.3 percent of the smokers who tried to quit did so without using evidence-based cessation counseling or medications, and only 48.3 percent of those who had visited a health care professional in the prior year reported receiving advice on how to quit smoking. The CDC said the report’s implications for public-health practices include a need for health care providers to consistently and routinely identify tobacco users, advise them to quit, and provide assistance to those engaged in a quit attempt.

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