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Healthcare Systems

The Public Health Service Guideline provides recommendations for increasing the provision of tobacco use treatment within healthcare systems:

  • Help state tobacco control agencies work with healthcare partners to increase the demand for effective cessation programs – IOM Blueprint
  • Encourage physicians to refer patients to practical counseling services – IOM Blueprint
  • Ensure that clinicians and healthcare delivery systems consistently identify and document tobacco use status and treat every tobacco user seen in a healthcare setting – PHS Clinical Practice Guideline
  • Implement the healthcare system changes recommended by the PHS Guideline – CDC Best Practices

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  1. April 27-28, 2010: Promising Practices: Achieving Health and Social Equity in Tobacco Control
  2. April 5-11, 2010: National Public Health Week
  3. March 24-24, 2010: Kick Butts Day
  4. March 6-8, 2010: 13th Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit

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