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Clinical Prevention | Health Professionals
Significant clinical evidence shows that brief interventions by healthcare professionals can greatly improve a patient's chances of quitting smoking.
Tobacco addiction is a chronic condition that often requires many attempts to quit. Healthcare professionals who have repeated contact with smokers can offer long-term care and follow-up, improving a patient's chances of quitting. The key to providing effective help is having a system that documents the use of tobacco and prompts intervention.
The Tobacco Intervention Program provides healthcare professionals with courses and materials based on clinical practice guidelines.
Using proven, evidence-based components of clinical tobacco intervention:
- Allows you to support your patients to quit using tobacco
- Encourages teamwork among your staff
- Serves as a model for other preventive interventions
- Helps you to track and improve your performance in delivering tobacco intervention
- Offers your patients their best chance to avoid tobacco-related illness
