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Patient‐centred tobacco management
Author(s) -
Gould Gillian S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1111/dar.12082
Subject(s) - abstinence , tobacco use , quit smoking , smoking cessation , medicine , chronic disease , psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , family medicine , pathology , population
Patient‐centred tobacco management approaches tobacco smoking as a chronic disease and can be offered to all smokers irrespective of their attitude to quitting. Maintaining a long‐term relationship with smokers enables the adoption of flexible solutions and shared goals. It is argued that patient‐centred tobacco management potentially heightens the chances of eventual abstinence for smokers who are unable, or not yet ready to quit. [ G ould, GS . Patient‐centred tobacco management. Drug Alcohol Rev 2014;33:93–98]