Smoking Cessation Clinical
Practice Guideline, 2000
Effective treatments exist (psychiatric hook)
Every patient who uses tobacco should be offered treatment
Strong dose-response relationship, effectiveness increases with
intensity of treatment
Treatment is insured & clinicians are reimbursed (far from 100%)
Pharmacotherapy (physical hook)
Clinically effective and cost effective
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services