Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease

Release Date: November 2003

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

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Summary of Recommendations

• The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians screen all adults for tobacco use and provide tobacco cessation interventions for those who use tobacco products.
  Grade: A Recommendation.
• The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians screen all pregnant women for tobacco use and provide augmented pregnancy-tailored counseling to those who smoke.
  Grade: A Recommendation.
• The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening for tobacco use or interventions to prevent and treat tobacco use and dependence among children or adolescents.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease, November 2003
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB; PDF Help)

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Related Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports
  Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_rr.html
Guide to Community Preventive Services
  Go to: http://www.thecommunityguide.org

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Current as of November 2003

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Internet Citation:

Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease, Topic Page. November 2003. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspstbac.htm

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