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Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
November 2012 Author in the Room® Teleconference
Author: Nancy A. Rigotti, MD
Article: Strategies to Help a Smoker Who Is Struggling to Quit
Summary Points:
- Treat tobacco use like the chronic disease that it is. Don't give up if your first few efforts do not succeed.
- Medications and brief counseling are each effective, but combining the two is most effective.
- Guide smokers to free national resources like the tobacco quit lines (1-800-QUIT-NOW).
- New noncombustible tobacco products are coming.
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