{"title":"Implementing a smoking cessation program for your patients.","authors":"L L Garry, U Atabek","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PAs can improve the health of their patients by promoting healthy life-styles. By integrating a smoking cessation program into a surgical practice, the authors were able to achieve a cessation rate of 64% at 6 months and 1 year. The method, which includes screening, education, motivation, and follow-up, is applicable to any type of practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":79709,"journal":{"name":"Physician assistant (American Academy of Physician Assistants)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physician assistant (American Academy of Physician Assistants)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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PAs can improve the health of their patients by promoting healthy life-styles. By integrating a smoking cessation program into a surgical practice, the authors were able to achieve a cessation rate of 64% at 6 months and 1 year. The method, which includes screening, education, motivation, and follow-up, is applicable to any type of practice.