Smoking cessation - The role of healthcare professionals and health system : a summary of Smoking cessation : a report of the Surgeon General -2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General. ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health.
• Description:
  Since the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health was released in 1964, cigarette smoking among U.S. adults declined from nearly 43% to a low of nearly 14% in 2018, the most recent year for which data about adult use are available. ; Tobacco dependence is a chronic, relapsing condition driven by addiction to nicotine. But cessation treatment can help people quit. ; The 2020 Surgeon General’s Report highlights the latest evidence on the benefits of smoking cessation. The evidence is clear – one of the most important actions people can take to improve their health is to quit smoking, no matter how old they are or how long they’ve been smoking. ; For information about: ; - quitting smoking, visit www.CDC.gov/quit ; - the Surgeon General’s report, visit www.CDC.gov/CessationSGR ; For E-Cigarette Resources, visit: www.CDC.gov/e-cigarettes ; Publication date from document properties. ; pdfs/healthcare-professionals-health-systems-h.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Smoking Cessation
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84582/cdc_84582_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 227.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9369c18d9d96a52b77554c54a11b5f24ea69cf66bb317130f90e60c80f2c9cf3