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American College of Physicians (ACP) message to its chapters: help end smoking where you live.

Review of published scientific studies on use of acupuncture to stop smoking.

Evaluates different methods and gives recommendations.

Health Scotland guide for all health professionals who see smokers during the course of their work.

Lectures given to dental students. Prevalence and the systemic and local effects of smoking and spit tobacco use; smoking as a cause of periodontal diseases; effects of tobacco use on dental treatment results; nicotine addiction; stages of change; clinical interventions; use of nicotine and non-nicotine pharmacologic therapy; tobacco industry influence; role of oral health care providers in policy and media advocacy.

Poster session from health conference; abstracts included.

Ouelines current approaches and policy recommendations for helping smokers quit.

Slides from college lecture outline prevalence, strategies for cessation, effects on fetus and infant health, screening guidelines.

Presentation-ready slides on smoking, myths and facts, model for quitting, findings and recommendations, evaluation of cessation aids, tips for helping patients quit, smoking cessation methods.

Review of scientific literature on smoking costs, quitting methods.

Online course for physicians from the American College of Chest Physicians; covers impact of tobacco dependence, treatment, relapse prevention, and special populations of tobacco users.

For healthcare professionals and specialists looking to treat smokers more effectively.

Papers presented at recent health conference on interventions, survey results, evaluation, strategies for success.

Materials available to professionals and consumers.

Practice policy statement from the American College of Preventive Medicine. Covers: burden of suffering, description of preventive measures, evidence of effectiveness of preventive measures, public policy considerations, recommendations for other health care groups, rationale for physician counseling, and recommendations.