title: Implementing a smoking cessation program for your patients.
abstract: PAs can improve the health of their patients by promoting healthy life-styles. By integrating a smoking cessation program into a surgical practice, the authors were able to achieve a cessation rate of 64% at 6 months and 1 year. The method, which includes screening, education, motivation, and follow-up, is applicable to any type of practice.
authors.affiliation: Cooper Hospital University Medical Center, Camden, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Garry
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Atabek
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010823:Physician Assistants; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016730:Program Development; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention