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AHRQ helps smokers kick the habit
Physician Practice Advisor, December 14, 2004
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a new consumer tool for handheld computer devices to help smokers who want to quit. Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool, is drawn from the evidence-based recommendations of the Public Health Service guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, and helps smokers set up a program tailored to their individual needs.
To use the application, the smoker plugs in the date he or she wants to quit, and the program counts back five days leading up to the quit date. It then offers a five-day countdown of daily practical steps to help the smoker quit, such as identifying reasons to quit smoking; talking to the doctor about medications, and getting support from family and friends.
For more information about quitting smoking, go to www.ahrq.gov or call the new toll-free National Quitline at 1-800-QUIT NOW.
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