title: Tackling tobacco dependency. The dental team approach.
abstract: Tobacco use causes approximately 440,000 premature deaths in the United States annually. The U.S. Clinical Practice Guideline on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence encourages clinicians to: Ask about tobacco use; Advise patients to stop; Assess willingness to quit; Assist in treatment; and Arrange for follow-up. Apply the five "A's" to the dental team by implementing a system to collect the necessary information, while providing multiple and reinforcing messages to help tobacco-using patients progress toward abstinence.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seserman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000009:adverse effects; D014481:United States