HHS HealthBeat (February 7, 2013)
Getting your decade back
Take the Next StepQuit Smoking Today |
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If you or someone you know is thinking about quitting, there are tools and resources available from Smokefree.gov:Get on the Path to a Healthier You
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For Parents and Educators
Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco UsersThis Public Health Service (PHS) guide, provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), outlines concrete steps to help smokers and other tobacco users quit.
Smokefree Teen
This National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), site provides age-appropriate content, social media pages, and free mobile apps to help teens quit.
Youth Tobacco Cessation: A Guide for Making Informed Decisions
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resource provides guidance on developing programs to get teens to quit tobacco.
For Health Professionals
A Practical Guide to Working with Healthcare Systems on Tobacco-Use TreatmentThis CDC resource provides key information and practical advice for public health professionals and employers on understanding healthcare systems, improving tobacco dependence treatment, and increasing cessation.
CDC’s Primary Care and Public Health Initiative: Seizing a Golden Opportunity to Help Smokers Quit
This CDC resource includes an educational module, teleconference materials, and resources for health care providers.
Cigarette Smoking: Health Risks and How to Quit This NCI resource provides information on tobacco cessation guidelines and pharmaceutical options for quitting.
Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians
This PHS guide, provide by AHRQ, provides step-by-step guidance to advise your patients to quit, assess their readiness, and assist them with a quit plan.
Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians
This PHS guide, provided by AHRQ, summarizes the Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster: Your Hospital Visit Is a Great Time to Quit SmokingThis PHS resource, provided by AHRQ, can be shared with your patients during hospital stays to encourage them to stop smoking.
Smoking in Cancer Care
This NCI resource describes the risks of continued smoking in adult cancer patients.
Support and Advice from Your Prenatal Care Provider (PDF version - 538 KB)
Clinicians can use this PHS consumer tear sheet, provided by AHRQ, as part of counseling about tobacco cessation.
Support and Advice from Your Primary Care Provider (PDF version - 60 KB)
Clinicians can use this PHS consumer tear sheet, provided by AHRQ, as part of counseling about tobacco cessation.
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update (Clinical Practice Guideline)
Sponsored by PHS, and provided by the National Library of Medicine, part of the NIH, this guideline contains strategies and recommendations for health care professionals to deliver and support treatments for tobacco use.
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