Fw: athealth.com FPN - Tobacco Use & Dependence

Sun Nov 3 19:02:31 PST 2002

I've shared the At Health Friday Progress notes before.  Here is an issue
with some interesting tobacco links.  Margo

Margo Harris
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> Friday's Progress Notes
> Mental Health Information
> November 1, 2002 - Vol. 6 Issue 17
> Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com
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> This week's topic:  TOBACCO USE AND DEPENDENCE
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> 1.  Behavioral and drug therapies for smoking cessation.
> 2.  Nicotine replacement therapy.
> 3.  Clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use.
> 4.  School-based life skills training to prevent smoking.
> 5.  Teens influenced by sexual content of smoking advertisements.
> 6.  Pediatrician's role in reducing tobacco use and exposure.
> 7.  Why we smoke and how we quit.
> 8.  Support for those trying to quit.
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> Tobacco use poses an enormous public health problem. It is the
> single greatest cause of disease and premature death in America
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> 1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
> Smoking Cessation: Integration of Behavioral and Drug Therapies
> http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020315/1107.html
> Combined use of behavioral and drug therapies can dramatically
> improve the patient's chance of quitting smoking.
>
> 2. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
> Should We Recommend Nicotine Replacement Therapy
> http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010601/cochrane.html
> The author presents a clinical scenario and provides an
> evidence-based answer. A patient handout can be found at
> http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010601/2251ph.html
>
> 3. US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
> Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Clinical Practice Guideline
> http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/treating_tobacco_use.pdf
> Topics include assessment, clinical interventions, counseling,
> pharmacotherapy, special populations, and weight gain.
>
> 4. ALCOHOL RESEARCH AND HEALTH
> Preventing Alcohol and Tobacco Use Through Life Skills Training
> http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh24-4/250-257.pdf
> Life skills training is a school-based approach designed to
> prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among young people.
>
> 5. MEDSCAPE
> Sexual Content of Advertisements and the Smoking Process of Teens
> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/436011
> This study found that a high percentage of adolescents perceived
> sexual content in advertisements that plays a role in the process
> of smoking. (Free Medscape registration is required for access.)
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> 6. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
> Tobacco's Toll: Implications for the Pediatrician
> http://www.aap.org/policy/re0041.html
> Pediatricians play a crucial role in reducing both tobacco use
> (by children, adolescents, and their parents) and exposure to
> tobacco smoke.
>
> 7. NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
> Dying to Quit: Why We Smoke and How We Stop
> http://bob.nap.edu/html/dying-to-quit
> The public health struggle is a mere shadow compared with the inner
> struggles of tobacco users themselves. Make no mistake - this is
> a struggle to the death.
>
> 8. QUITNET
> Quit All Together
> http://www.quitnet.com
> QuitNet, operated in association with Boston University, features
> quizzes, information, and 24/7 support from others trying to quit.
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