Interní Med. 2008; 10(10): 444-448
New tobacco dependence treatment possibilities
- Ústav hygieny a epidemiologie a Centrum léčby závislosti na tabáku III. interní kliniky, 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha
Smoking causes almost one fifth of all deaths in our country. We have more than 2 million of patients dependent on tobacco. Existing effective treatment should be available to each smoker. Except of specialized centers, it is mainly the short intervention delivered by first-line physicians: ask about the smoking habit, clearly recommend to stop to each smoker, assess the motivation or willingness to stop, advise how to stop to those willing to stop, recommend medication, plan controls. Although the effectivity of such intervention itself is low, its broad application (each physician during each clinical contact with the patient) would play important role in lowering the morbidity and mortality. Finally, it is the most cost-effective kind of tretment of this dependence. First-line physicians should not underestimate their possibility to influence their patients and this intervention should become standard in their daily practice.
Keywords: Key words: tobacco dependence, short intervention, nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, varenicline.
Published: January 1, 2009 Show citation
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