Updated information on smoking cessation management.
10.5124/jkma.2016.59.11.872
- Author:
Min Kyu CHOI
1
;
Yu Jin PAEK
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. paek@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Smoking cessation;
Tobacco use disorder;
Physicians
- MeSH:
Ambulatory Care;
Counseling;
Drug Therapy;
Health Personnel;
Humans;
Methods;
Mortality, Premature;
Recurrence;
Smoke*;
Smoking Cessation*;
Smoking*;
Telephone;
Tobacco Use Disorder;
World Health Organization
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2016;59(11):872-880
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Smoking is a leading cause of premature death, and the World Health Organization estimates 8 million deaths per year are due to smoking-related diseases. Most smokers want to quit smoking, which is not easy because of nicotine dependence. Physicians can help smokers quit smoking by assessing their dependence and motivating them on their clinic visits. Brief advices provided by doctors is a simple and very cost-effective methods of smoking cessation. The most effective method of helping smokers stop smoking is combining pharmacotherapy with advice and behavioral intervention. Sometimes, intensive counseling, either individual or group, is needed to promote smoking cessation. Health care providers also need to be familiar with pharmacotherapy. Additionally, other sources of support, such as written materials, a telephone quit-line, and strategies for preventing relapses should be integrated into the treatment. Future research could contribute to further understanding about the effects of various intensities of treatment, particular settings for treatment, or a treatment's effect among specific populations. This could include identifying the optimal amount of behavioral support to use with pharmacotherapy.
