Best Practices for Smoking Cessation Interventions in Primary Care
BACKGROUND: In Canada, smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death. Family physicians and nurse practitioners are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking cessation. Because smoking is a chronic addiction, repeated, opportunity-based interventions are most effective in addressing phys...
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| author | Andrew McIvor John Kayser Jean-Marc Assaad Gerald Brosky Penny Demarest Philippe Desmarais Christine Hampson Milan Khara Ratsamy Pathammavong Robert Weinberg |
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| description | BACKGROUND: In Canada, smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death. Family physicians and nurse practitioners are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking cessation. Because smoking is a chronic addiction, repeated, opportunity-based interventions are most effective in addressing physical dependence and modifying deeply ingrained patterns of beliefs and behaviour. However, only a small minority of family physicians provide thorough smoking cessation counselling and less than one-half offer adjunct support to patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0dc7e07001554d9bb702c48b264849f92025-08-20T03:54:30ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412009-01-0116412913410.1155/2009/412385Best Practices for Smoking Cessation Interventions in Primary CareAndrew McIvor0John Kayser1Jean-Marc Assaad2Gerald Brosky3Penny Demarest4Philippe Desmarais5Christine Hampson6Milan Khara7Ratsamy Pathammavong8Robert Weinberg9Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaMontreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, CanadaMontreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, CanadaDepartment of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, and Cowie Family Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaHunter Street Medical Centre, Woodstock, Ontario, CanadaPharmacist, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaAsthma Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTobacco Dependence Clinic, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaOntario Lung Association, CanadaEtobicoke Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: In Canada, smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death. Family physicians and nurse practitioners are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking cessation. Because smoking is a chronic addiction, repeated, opportunity-based interventions are most effective in addressing physical dependence and modifying deeply ingrained patterns of beliefs and behaviour. However, only a small minority of family physicians provide thorough smoking cessation counselling and less than one-half offer adjunct support to patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/412385 |
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