title: In the Clinic. Smoking Cessation.
abstract: This issue provides a clinical overview of smoking cessation, focusing on health consequences of smoking, prevention of smoking-related disease, treatment, and practice improvement. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program). Annals of Internal Medicine editors develop In the Clinic in collaboration with the ACP's Medical Education and Publishing divisions and with the assistance of additional science writers and physician writers.
authors.forename: Manish S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology