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A Clinical Toolkit for Treating Tobacco Dependence
The influence a clinician's advice can have on a patient's tobacco use is enormous. Current data show that in less than three minutes of counseling, a clinician can help double a patient's chance of success.One-third of the 3,367,000 adults in Texas who smoke will try to quit this year. Regrettably, only one in 20 will be able to stay tobacco-free. Tobacco claims the lives of approximately 24,100 Texans every year, and every year, about 56,900 young Texans under age 18 become new, daily smokers. Of all Texas youth alive now, nearly 486,000 will ultimately die from tobacco-related diseases. Adding to this challenge is the $966 million spent annually on marketing tobacco in Texas. Research has found that children are three times more sensitive to tobacco industry marketing efforts than adults, and that cigarette marketing carries more influence than peer pressure in underage experimentation with smoking. As daunting as the task for smoking intervention may seem, current data underscores this fact: the coordinated efforts of health care administrators, insurers, purchasers and practitioners can boost cessation success. The tools in this kit are designed to support your clinic's own tobacco intervention efforts. They offer flexibility to meet the needs of different office practices and different patients, and their focus on brevity, as with the "Quick Guides" below, seeks to accommodate the busiest practitioner. Use only those tools that fit the specific needs of your office, and enlist the support of clinic staff in implementing a system that ensures that, for every patient at every clinic visit, tobacco use is queried and documented. Most important is your consistent support of your patient's efforts to stay tobacco-free. File DownloadIndividual items found in the toolkit are provided as PDF files below (PDF viewing information). Links to Additional ResourcesExternal links to other sites are intended to be informational and do not have the endorsement of the Texas Department of State Health Services. These sites may also not be accessible to people with disabilities.
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