Objective.—To summarize theSmoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guidelinethat provides
recommendations for 3 groups of professionals: primary care clinicians, smoking cessation …

The Clinical Practice Guideline on which this Quick Reference Guide for Smoking Cessation
Specialists is based was developed by an interdiscipHnary, private-sector panel comprising …

The negative health effects of tobacco use are legion, claiming over 400,000 lives in the
United States each year, and many more in the rest of the world. Although tobacco use is …

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, a Public Health Service-sponsored Clinical
Practice Guideline, is a product of the Tobacco Use and Dependence Guideline Panel (" the …

Context.—The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) published
theSmoking Cessation: Clinical Practice Guidelinein 1996. Based on the results of meta …

Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and premature
mortality in the United States. Although the vast majority of smokers come in contact with the …

The scant dozen years following the publication of the first Guideline have ushered in
similarly impressive changes. In 1997, only 25 percent of managed health care plans …

The author summarizes the US Public Health Service report Treating Tobacco Use and
Dependence: A Clinical Practice Guideline. The guideline is intended to identify empirically …

Despite decades of coaxing, American clinicians in large numbers continue to neglect the
leading preventable cause of illness and death in our societytobacco use. Fewer than 60 …

Abstract Background: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Smoking
Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline recommends that all clinicians strongly advise their …