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· Tobacco Control
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Jump to full article: CS2day, 2009-06-14
Intro: Addressing the 5A's
Providing Counseling
Providing Medication
Addressing the 5 A’s:
It seems like a bother to ask smokers every visit when they aren’t interested in quitting. Why should I do that?
Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease that requires repeated intervention. According to epidemiologic data, of the 45 million smokers in the US, 70 percent want to quit. Further, about 44 percent say they try to quit every year. However, few of those who attempt to quit without evidence-based assistance are successful. For most patients, repeated evidence-based interventions are needed. Adding counseling and medications to a quit attempt increases the chance for success by 4 to 7 times. return to top
I am frustrated because patients do not want to quit. What can I do?
If someone is unwilling to quit, the use of motivational treatments can increase effectiveness for future visits. Individualized motivational techniques including motivational interviewing appear to be effective in increasing a patient’s likelihood of making a future quit attempt. Evidence shows that physician advice to quit smoking increases abstinence rates. You can make a difference with every smoker. return to top
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· Canada
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Action claims $500 million in damage from provincial, federal governments
Jump to full article: Tillsonburg (Ont) News (ca), 2009-06-14
Author: Jeff Helsdon
Intro: New Tobacco Alliance Committee has launched a $500 million claim against the Canadian and Ontario governments for their alleged part in the destruction of the local tobacco growing industry.
Ontario MP Randy Hillier, who was the guest of honour at a barbecue hosted by Oxford-Norfolk-Elgin Landowners barbecue at the Purdy farm in Courtland on Saturday, announced the launch of the lawsuit. In the past, Hillier – who is now running for the leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party – has supported tobacco farmers by appearing at numerous rallies when he was the head of the Ontario Landowners Association.
The press release outlining the lawsuit blames the governments over the last decade for trying “to tax cigarettes out of the market. The predictable result is that instead this has created a black market which delivers cigarettes to Canadians at one-third the price of legal cigarettes.”
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