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Abstract
Counseling Demonstrates a Dose-Response Effect/Comes in Many Forms
- Brief advice during a “window of opportunity” can increase quit attempts by 40%
- Medication combined with counseling doubles the success rate
- Quitlines: proactive fax to quitline most effective
- Online (becomeanex.org, smokefree.gov, mylastdip.com)
- Cooper Clayton Classes at many local health departments; schedules and provision of medication varies
- I-Phone apps/text to quit
Tailoring NRT to the tobacco user
- Studies show efficacy in smokers and smokeless tobacco users (Ebbert, et al, 2010)
- Combining patch with shorter acting form of NRT has been shown to be safe and effective (Stead, et al, Cochrane Review, 2008; Kozlowski, et al, 2007)
- Extended use of NRT or other medications is being shown to reduce relapse rates (Schnoll, et al, 2010)
- High dose NRT is safe and effective for heavy smokers (Fredrickson, et al, 1995)
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
11-2011
Repository Citation
Darville, Audrey and Okoli, Chizimuzo T.C., "Tobacco Use Dependence and Approaches to Treatment" (2011). Nursing Presentations. 18.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/nursing_present/18
Notes/Citation Information
A presentation at the Leadership Exchange Conference, Lexington, KY.