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July 01, 2003 - Quitting Helps You Heal Faster: Your Hospital Visit Is a Great Time To Quit Smoking. … Smoking may slow your recovery from surgery and
illness. it may also slow bone and wound healing. … For help in quitting smoking, call the National Quitline
toll free: 1-800-QUIT NOW.
U.S. … Quitting Helps You Heal FasterQuitting Helps You Heal Faster
Your hospital visit is a great time to quit smoking
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June 02, 2025 - Definitions
Tobacco Use
Status
Any documentation of smoking or tobacco use status, including … Any documentation of active or current use of tobacco products, including smoking. … of active or current smoking:
Current every day smoker;
Current some day smoker; and
Smoker … or tobacco use
Counseling on the benefits of quitting smoking or tobacco use (e.g. "5-A"
Framework … counseling 'quit line')
Current enrollment in smoking or tobacco use cessation program
Note:
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June 02, 2025 - Definitions
Tobacco Use
Status
Any documentation of smoking or tobacco use status, including … Tobacco User Any documentation of active or current use of tobacco products, including smoking. … of active or current smoking:
Current every day smoker;
Current some day smoker; and
Smoker … or tobacco use
Counseling on the benefits of quitting smoking or tobacco use (e.g. "5-A"
Framework … counseling 'quit line')
Current enrollment in smoking or tobacco use cessation program
Note:
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October 01, 2014 - (Continued):
2000 Guideline: Recommendation #2: Clinicians in a pediatric setting should offer Smoking
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October 01, 2014 - Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Advice To Quit Smoking
Recommendation: All … strongly advise every patient who smokes to quit because evidence shows that physician advice to quit smoking
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October 01, 2014 - The last challenge listed in Table 16 is "smoking slips." … Integrating smoking cessation treatment into primary care: an effectiveness study. … Extended nortriptyline and psychological treatment for cigarette smoking. … Psychological intervention and antidepressant treatment in smoking cessation. … Nortriptyline and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of cigarette smoking.
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October 01, 2014 - Express empathy
Use open ended questions to explore :
The importance of addressing smoking … or other tobacco use (e.g., "How important do you think it is for you to quit smoking?"). … Summarize (e.g., "What I have heard so far is that smoking is something you enjoy. … On the other hand, your boyfriend hates your smoking and you are worried you might develop a serious … How do you think your smoking is affecting your children?").
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October 01, 2014 - Smoking cues and availability of cigarettes. … Learning cognitive and behavioral activities to cope with smoking urges (e.g., distracting attention; … Provide basic information —provide basic information about smoking and successful quitting. … The fact that any smoking (even a single puff) increases the likelihood of a full relapse. … The addictive nature of smoking.
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June 01, 2018 - Prevention: Counseling To Quit Smoking
Smoking harms nearly every bodily organ and causes or worsens … to secondhand smoke. 3
Smoking causes more than 87% of deaths from lung cancer and more than 79% of … to change their behavior and quit smoking. … Office on Smoking and Health. … The health consequences of smoking—50 years of progress: a report of the Surgeon General.
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September 01, 2015 - Advice To Quit Smoking
Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice … to quit smoking, by sex, 2002-2012
Sex
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 … Importance: Smoking is a modifiable risk factor, and health care providers can help encourage patients … to change their behavior and quit smoking. … Advice for Women To Quit Smoking
Female adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months
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November 01, 2024 - Study Finds Association Between Smoking and Chronic Pain
Issue Number
938
AHRQ News Now is … Today's Headlines: Study Finds Association Between Smoking and Chronic Pain . … Study Finds Association Between Smoking and Chronic Pain Although smokers represent just 16 percent of … Researchers also found that people who quit smoking show a 20 percent drop in opioid use and a 23 percent … Integrating smoking cessation programs into pain management could bring lasting relief to people with
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March 01, 2016 - – Counseling on the benefits of quitting smoking/
tobacco use. … – Referral to external smoking/tobacco cessation
support programs. … – Current enrollment in smoking or tobacco use
cessation program. … and giving advice to quit can be an important motivator in helping
adolescents quit smoking. … Health care providers discouraging smoking.
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May 01, 2008 - Smoking is dangerous.
- More than 435,000 Americans die each year
from smoking.
- Smoking causes illnesses … If you smoke one pack per day,
quitting smoking could save you
up to $150 a month. … No smoking after:
Change the things around you.
- Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays
in your home … Avoid being around smoking.
Eat healthy food and get exercise.
Keep a positive attitude.
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October 01, 2014 - and Medication
Recommendation: The combination of counseling and medication is more effective for smoking … feasible and appropriate, both counseling and medication should be provided to patients trying to quit smoking
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October 01, 2014 - and Medication
Recommendation: The combination of counseling and medication is more effective for smoking … feasible and appropriate, both counseling and medication should be provided to patients trying to quit smoking
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October 01, 2014 - 2008): Effectiveness and abstinence rates for smokers not willing to quit (but willing to change their smoking … patterns or reduce their smoking) after receiving nicotine replacement therapy compared to placebo (
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August 01, 2018 - Tobacco Use Self-Management Tool for Patients
Resource title: Tobacco Use Self-Management Tool
Resource description: This fact sheet for patients reviews reasons to manage and/or quit tobacco use as well as steps, tips, and resources for increasing chances of success.
Document author(s)/institution of or…
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October 01, 2014 - postcessation weight gain
Clinician statements:
The great majority of smokers gain weight once they quit smoking … There is evidence that smokers often gain weight once they quit smoking, even if they do not eat more … However, there are medications that will help you quit smoking and limit or delay weight gain. … you will likely gain from quitting will be a minor health risk compared with the risks of continued smoking … Although you may gain some weight after quitting smoking, compare the importance of this with the added
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October 01, 2014 - National Institute on Drug Abuse: www.nida.nih.gov
Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for … Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: www.rwjf.org
Smoking
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October 01, 2014 - and Medication:
Recommendation: The combination of counseling and medication is more effective for smoking … feasible and appropriate, both counseling and medication should be provided to patients trying to quit smoking … number of sessions of counseling when it is combined with medication, and the likelihood of successful smoking … provide multiple counseling sessions, in addition to medication, to their patients who are trying to quit smoking