In Reply: Changing the Culture of Tobacco Dependence Treatment Among Not Only Patients, But Also Prescribers
We completely agree with Dr Lang.1 Lingering misperceptions held by patients, physicians, and advanced practice providers continue to inhibit them from using safe and effective pharmacotherapy for tobacco dependence. There is also a misperception that we have conquered the tobacco epidemic. This is also not true, although we have made great progress. In the United States, we continue to have 30 to 35 million adults who use tobacco regularly and tobacco causes tremendous excess mortality beyond the diseases commonly associated with tobacco use such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic lung disease.
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Jon O. Ebbert, Carlos Jimenez-Ruiz, Michael P. Dutro, Matt Fisher, Jing Li, J. Taylor Hays Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research
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