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


What's New in 2008? (Continued)

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The updated Guideline has produced even stronger evidence that counseling is an effective tobacco use treatment strategy. Of particular note are findings that counseling adds significantly to the effectiveness of tobacco cessation medications, quitline counseling is an effective intervention with a broad reach, and counseling increases abstinence among adolescent smokers.



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