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Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Slide Presentation (Full Set)

Topics Meta-Analyzed for the 1996 and 2000 Guidelines and Included in the 2008 Guideline Update (But Not Re-Analyzed)

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Characteristics analyzed	Categories of those characteristics
Screen for tobacco use	No screening system in place. Screening system in place.
Advice to quit	No advice to quit. Physician advice to quit.
Intensity of person-to-person clinical contact	No person-to-person intervention. Minimal counseling (longest session ≤ 3 min in duration). Low intensity counseling (longest session > 3 min and ≤ 10 min in duration). Higher intensity counseling (longest session > 10 min). Total amount of contact time. Number of person-to-person treatment sessions.