This article reviewed the efficacy of nonpharmacologic interventions that are most commonly utilized for smoking cessation. The author points out several principles to keep in mind when assessing the process of smoking cessation:
-Smoking must be recast from a disorder typically treated acutely to a chronic, relapsing condition that is likely to require long-term patient management.
-Most smokers try to quit multiple times, and repeated intervention is necessary to support this iterative process.
-Interventions must take into account the patient’s readiness to change and the fact that the patient will determine whether or not change occurs.
-The provision of adequate support for smokers who are motivated to quit is essential, to help smokers not only initiate the process of quitting but also to continue to follow up throughout the process in order to maintain successful abstinence.
A myriad of approaches to smoking cessation are reviewed including:
Self-help programs
Telephone counseling
Cognitive-behavioral approaches
Healthcare provider interventions
Exercise programs
Community-level interventions
Workplace interventions
Multimedia interventions
Public policy changes
Treatment matching
Stepped-care interventions
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