Clinician's Packet

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence

A How-To Guide For Implementing the Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline

Evidence-based information on first-line pharmacologic therapies and counseling that help patients quit using tobacco is in Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, a Public Health Service clinical practice guideline issued in June 2000. The guideline was developed by a private-sector panel of experts convened by a consortium of Federal and non-Federal partners.

This Clinician's Packet is a how-to guide for implementing the clinical practice guideline. It contains information about developing a system, advising patients, special populations, and reimbursement; and products for clinicians and consumers.

All materials are also available in print; select for ordering form (PDF file, 243 KB, Text Version). PDF Help.

Contents

Background

Arrow bullet What is the PHS Clinical Practice Guideline? (PDF file, 113 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, booklet (PDF file, 599 KB, Text Version)

Developing a System

Arrow bullet Developing a Successful System-Wide Tobacco Cessation Program—Clinicians (PDF file, 123 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Developing a Successful System-Wide Tobacco Cessation Program—Systems (PDF file, 122 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—A Systems Approach (PDF file, 107 KB, Text Version)

Advising Patients

Arrow bullet Screen for Tobacco Use Status (PDF file, 73 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Five Major Steps to Intervention (The "5 A's") (PDF file, 168 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Counseling Patients To Quit (PDF file, 122 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Suggestions for the Clinical Use of Pharmacotherapies for Smoking Cessation (PDF file, 57 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Clinical Guidelines for Prescribing Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation (PDF file, 101 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Patients Not Ready To Make a Quit Attempt Now (The "5 R's") (PDF file, 97 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Patients Who Have Recently Quit and/or Relapsed (PDF file, 95 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Using Clinician's Cessation Tear Sheets (PDF file, 123 KB, Text Version)

Patient Materials

Arrow bullet Support and Advice From Your Clinician, 50-sheet pad (PDF file, 34 KB, Text Version)
      Apoyo y consejos de su profesional de salud, Spanish language (PDF file, 34 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Support and Advice From Your Prenatal Care Provider, 50-sheet pad (PDF file, 513 KB, Text Version)
       Recomendaciones y apoyo de su médico de cuidados prenatales, Spanish Language (PDF file, 514 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet You Can Quit Smoking, Consumer Guide (PDF file, 279 KB, Text Version)
      Usted puede dejar de fumar: Guía del consumidor, Spanish Language (PDF File, 278 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet You Can Quit Smoking, 5-Day Countdown, flip book (PDF file, 204 KB, Text Version)
      Prepárese en 5 días para dejar de fumar (Spanish) (PDF file, 206 KB; Text Version)
Arrow bullet You Can Quit Smoking, Pocket Card (PDF file, 215 KB, Text Version)
      Usted puede parar de fumar, Spanish language (PDF file, 217 KB, Text Version)

Special Populations

Arrow bullet Children and Adolescents (PDF file, 119 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Good Information for Smokers, Easy-to-read consumer booklet (PDF file, 208 KB, Text Version)
      Buena información para fumadores, Spanish language (PDF file, 221 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Hospitalized Smokers (PDF file, 95 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Older Smokers (PDF file, 95 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Patients Concerned About Weight Gain (PDF file, 115 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Pregnant Women (PDF file, 95 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card (PDF file, 37 KB, Text Version)
      Dejar de fumar le ayuda a sanar más rápido, Spanish language (PDF file, 38 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Racial and Ethnic Populations (PDF file, 97 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Smokers With Psychiatric Co-Morbidity and/or Chemical Dependency (PDF file, 95 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Women (PDF file, 95 KB, Text Version)

Reimbursement

Arrow bullet Reimbursement (PDF file, 99 KB, Text Version)
Arrow bullet Diagnostic Codes (PDF file, 74 KB, Text Version)

Ordering Information

Arrow bullet Product Flier/Order Form (PDF file, 243 KB, Text Version)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service

Current as of March 2003


Internet Citation:

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—Clinician's Packet. A How-To Guide For Implementing the Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline, March 2003. U.S. Public Health Service. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/clinpack.html


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