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Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH; Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD

JAMA. 2008;299(17):2083-2085.

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On May 7, 2008, the US Public Health Service (PHS) released the Clinical Practice Guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update.¹ This guideline describes how clinicians and health care systems can significantly reduce tobacco use prevalence by delivering evidence-based treatments to their patients who smoke.

The story of tobacco control efforts over the last half-century is one of remarkable progress and promise. In 1965, current smokers outnumbered former smokers 3 to 1. During the past 40 years, the rate of quitting has so outstripped the rate of initiation that, today, there are more former smokers than current smokers.² Since tobacco use rates peaked in the 1960s, smoking prevalence among adults has decreased by half, to about 20% today.² Moreover, 40 years ago smoking was viewed as a habit rather than as a chronic disease, and smokers had no . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Key Findings of the 2008 Guideline Update

Author Affiliations: Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Dr Fiore); and Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (Dr Jaén).

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