At the same time fewer doctors are talking to their patients
about smoking, more Colorado smokers are trying to quit. According to state
surveys, 90 percent of smokers are considering quitting; 53 percent have tried
to quit at least once; and only 3 percent report success.
Physicians and other health care providers can make a
difference in their patients’ success to end their tobacco addictions. Tobacco
dependence is a chronic relapsing disease requiring multiple clinical
interventions and patient quit attempts. Evidence indicates that patients are
more likely to successfully quit smoking when clinicians intervene.
Physicians and
other health care providers can help improve the health of their patients who
use tobacco by integrating tobacco interventions in every patient interaction; recommending
a combination of counseling and pharmacotherapy shown to produce the highest success
rate; and making patients aware of the health risks of secondhand smoke exposure,
especially to children.
Resources for Health Care Providers
Colorado QuitLine – 1-800-QUIT-NOW or
www.COQuitLine.org - telephone
counseling and quit-smoking medication for eligible patients
www.Myquitpath.org – quit smoking resources for smokers ready to
quit, with Text/SMS-based assistance and special information for smokers who
are pregnant or on Medicaid
Helping
Smokers Quit – a FREE Webinar for Health Care Providers – health
impacts, treatment options, best practices, counseling strategies and tools for health care providers
Health Team Works – clinical
guidelines for health care providers
Public Health Service
(PHS) Clinical Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - 2008 Update
- strategies and recommendations designed to assist clinicians in
delivering and supporting effective treatments for tobacco use and dependence
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