title: Quitting smoking: still a challenge, but newer tools show promise.
abstract: Smoking continues to be a major public health problem with devastating consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality. Physicians are strongly encouraged to engage patients in a serious, concerted, and consistent effort to overcome nicotine addiction. Brief counseling in combination with medications has been shown to be effective. This article provides physicians guidelines for helping patients to quit this addictive disorder.
authors.affiliation: Section Head, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center, Holder, Endowed Chair in Alcohol and Drug Recovery, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic colling@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Gregory B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Staff Psychiatrist, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jerry
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bales
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices