title: Smoking cessation overview.
abstract: This article summarizes the primary recommendations of the Agency for Health Care Quality's recently published Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guidelines. Specific recommendations are outlined to assist physicians in treating patients who smoke to end their use of tobacco.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCaffree
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D015430:Weight Gain