title: Providing medication therapy management for smoking cessation patients.
abstract: Nearly 50 years ago, the Surgeon General of the US Public Health Service released the first report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health. The report concluded that cigarette smoking caused lung and laryngeal cancer as well as bronchitis. Today, smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of deaths in the United States. Research has shown that it potentially causes more deaths than human immunodeficiency virus, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, and firearm-related incidents. Health care providers play a critical role in guiding and directing patients to quit smoking by introducing them to smoking-cessation options. This is due to the fact that if these patients quit, they can reduce their cardiovascular risk. Pharmacists, being one of the easily accessible health care providers, have an advantage over other clinicians when it comes to influencing patients to quit smoking and to modify their lifestyles. Pharmacists through medication therapy management directly interact with these patients to manage medications as well as behavioral factors.
authors.affiliation: CVS Pharmacy, Quincy, FL, USA palmertiffany01@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Tiffany D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Smalls
authors.affiliation: Walgreens, Co, Stockbridge, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Amelia D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Broughton
authors.affiliation: Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Ericka V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Hylick
authors.affiliation: The Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Woodard
mesh_terms: D016642:Bupropion / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D054539:Medication Therapy Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024382:Professional Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014481:United States; D000068580:Varenicline / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D016642:Bupropion; D000068580:Varenicline
keywords: bupropion; cessation; community; medication therapy management; nicotine replacement; pharmacist; smoking; varenicline