Introduction to Tobacco Cessation Best Practices | Shaylona Kirk, MD, MPH, MA

As a key component of lifestyle medicine, tobacco cessation intervention is critical to improving overall health and wellbeing of your patients. Research consistently shows us that using tobacco products is detrimental to one’s health but there are many individuals who continue to practice this unhealthy behavior. This unit will provide a review of the literature about the health effects of tobacco use and the benefits of tobacco cessation. More importantly, it will describe effective, evidence-based treatment strategies and discuss ways to integrate the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) cessation guidelines into your practices.

Even though tobacco cessation is widely known and accepted as a critical component of a healthy lifestyle, healthcare practitioners hesitate to introduce significant interventions into their practice. By interpreting the literature and integrating guidelines on tobacco cessation, practitioners will be able to impact their patients’ overall health and quality of life.

Putting Tobacco Cessation Best Practices to Work | Shaylona Kirk, MD, MPH, MA

As a key component of lifestyle medicine, tobacco cessation intervention is critical to improving overall health and wellbeing of your patients. Research consistently shows us that using tobacco products is detrimental to one’s health but there are many individuals who continue to practice this unhealthy behavior. This unit will build on the previous activity and share ways to apply intervention strategies to effectively assist your patients with smoking cessation. There will be a brief overview of current pharmacotherapy recommendations for tobacco cessation and how to best integrate these recommendations with ongoing behavioral interventions. For the segment of your patient population that is unwilling to stop using tobacco products, motivational interviewing techniques will be described with sample cases provided.

Even though tobacco cessation is widely known and accepted as a critical component of a healthy lifestyle, healthcare practitioners hesitate to introduce significant interventions into their practice. Equipped with practical and useful tools such as brief interventions, motivational interviewing, and pharmacotherapy, healthcare providers can have an impact on their patients’ overall health.

Introduction to Tobacco Cessation Best Practices

• Recognize the need for healthcare providers to work consistently to reduce tobacco use
• Describe the negative health effects of tobacco use
• Describe the health benefits of tobacco cessation
• Apply effective, evidence-based treatment options
• Incorporate recommendations from the USPHS Tobacco Cessation Guideline

Putting Tobacco Cessation Best Practices to Work

• Use the 5 As model as a guide for tobacco cessation brief interventions
• Apply effective interventions to assist users willing to quit tobacco
• Recognize the importance of dual pharmacotherapy and behavior therapy for tobacco cessation
• Provide help to users who are currently unwilling to quit tobacco

Shaylona Kirk, MD, MPH, MA
Physician and Clinical Ethicist, U.S. Navy, Okinawa, Japan (Independent Contractor)

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