Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, sponsored by the Public Health Service, includes new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence that have become available since the 2000 Guideline was published. This update will make an important contribution to the quality of care in the United States and to the health of the American people.
Accurate, up-to-date information and professional assistance are provided in two resources from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help support people who are trying to quit smoking:
- You Can Quit Smoking Now. Go to: http://www.smokefree.gov.
- 1-800-QUIT NOW—the national access number to State-based quitline services.
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Contents
For Clinicians
For Tobacco Users
Ordering Information for 2008 Guideline Materials
Evidence Report
More Resources
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For Clinicians
All health care providers, especially those with direct patient contact,
have a unique opportunity to help tobacco users quit. Smokers cite a doctor's
advice to quit as an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking.
Materials to help you help them follow:
Clinical
Practice Guideline. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update (PDF
file, 2 MB; PDF Help)
General References for Guideline (PDF File, 200 KB)
References for Studies in Meta-analyses
Helping
Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians
Tear Sheets: Primary Care Providers (PDF File, 60 KB, PDF Help; Text Version)
En español (PDF File, 60 KB, PDF Help; Text Version)
Tear Sheets: Prenatal Care Providers (PDF File, 538 KB, PDF Help; Text Version)
En español (PDF File, 514 KB, PDF Help; Text Version)
For Tobacco Users
Consumer materials to help tobacco users become tobacco-free.
Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users, Easy-to-Read Consumer Booklet
En español: Ayuda para fumadores u otros consumidores de tabaco
You
Can Quit Smoking, Pocket Card
Quitting
Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card
En español: Dejar
de fumar le ayuda a sanar más rápido
Smoking Cessation Public Service Announcements
Former
National Football League pro Darrell Green talks with kids
about tobacco use
Ordering Information for 2008 Guideline Materials
Quit
Smoking Products Ordering Information
En español: Usted
puede dejar de fumar
Evidence Report
The RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based
Practice Center systematically reviews the medical literature on the effectiveness
of interventions to prevent tobacco use, the impact of smokeless tobacco
marketing on smoking, and directions for future research.
Tobacco
Use: Prevention, Cessation, and Control
More Resources
Search
the healthfinder® Web site for more Smoking
Cessation resources.
Visit
the National Women's Health Information Center Web site for a special
section: A Breath
of Fresh Air! Independence from Smoking.
Go
to the National Library of Medicine for consumer information on Smoking
Cessation.
Twenty
years ago, the first Surgeon General's report on secondhand smoke
created greater awareness across the country about the exposure
of nonsmokers to tobacco smoke. This report provides a fresh perspective
on the best available science in this area to better inform policymakers,
health professionals, and the public at large. The
Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A
Report of the Surgeon General, 2006
Want More Information?
In the United States, call the AHRQ Clearinghouse toll-free 800-358-9295,
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hearing impaired persons may call 888-586-6340
for the TDD service. Callers from outside of the United States only should
use the telephone number (703) 437-2078.
Send requests by E-mail to AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.
You can also access and download materials from the Surgeon General's
Web site at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm
Current as of February 2009