Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD Helen McIlvain, PhD Louis Pol, PhD Robert L. Phillips, Jr, MD, MSPH Susan Flocke, PhD Benjamin F. Crabtree, PhD San Antonio, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; Washington, DC; Cleveland, Ohio; and NewBrunswick, New Jersey Submitted, revised, August 13, 2001. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (C.R.J.); the Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (H.M.); the College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha (L.P.); the Robert Graham American Academy of Family Physicians Policy Center, Washington, DC (R.L.P.); the Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (S.F.); and the Department of Family Medicine University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick (B.F.C.). Reprint requests should be addressed to Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MSC 7794, San Antonio, TX 78229. E-mail: jaen@uthscsa.edu.
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Related Resources
The Virtual Office of the Surgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/ This site contains several PDF files of patient-oriented materials based on the Public Health Service Clinical practice guideline.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco Tips for adults, clinicians and youths about how to treat and prevent tobacco use.
QuitNet " target="_blank">http://www.quitnet.com/BR> QuitNet offers an online support community, forums moderated by counselors, and individually tailored advice to help smokers kick their nicotine addiction.
California Smokers’ Helpline http://www.nobutts.ucsd.edu/ This site was created to be both fun and informative. A must for patients who are ready to quit or just thinking about it.