The Public Health Service Document on the Updated AHCPR Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking Cessation will be published in May 2000. Contractual obligations forbid discussing specifics regarding the project prior to publication. Upon publication of the Update, this Abstract will be amended to discuss the Update findings regarding counseling and behavioral interventions for the treatment of tobacco dependence.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Describe the counseling and behavioral approaches to smoking cessation found efficacious in the Updated AHCPR Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking Cessation. 2. Describe the relative efficacy of different intensities of counseling and behavioral approaches to smoking cessation as reported in the Updated AHCPR Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking Cessation
Keywords: Smoking Cessation, Tobacco
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.