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ACP Observer Nov 96 - http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/nov96/smoking.htm
American College of Physicians (ACP) message to its chapters: help end smoking where you live.

Acupuncture to Stop Smoking - http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band72/b72-5.html
Review of published scientific studies on use of acupuncture to stop smoking.

Effectiveness of Interventions to Help People Stop Smoking - http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/355
Evaluates different methods and gives recommendations.

Encouraging Smokers to Stop: What You Can Do - http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/browse/268/0.aspx
Health Scotland guide for all health professionals who see smokers during the course of their work.

Lecture Outlines from Tobacco Topics in Dentistry - http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/didactic.html
Lectures given to dental students. Prevalence and the systemic and local effects of smoking and spit tobacco use; smoking as a cause of periodontal diseases; effects of tobacco use on dental treatment results; nicotine addiction; stages of change; clinical interventions; use of nicotine and non-nicotine pharmacologic therapy; tobacco industry influence; role of oral health care providers in policy and media advocacy.

Oral Cancer, Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation - http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_128.htm
Poster session from health conference; abstracts included.

Smoking Cessation and Pregnancy. - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/pc0211/index.htm
Slides from college lecture outline prevalence, strategies for cessation, effects on fetus and infant health, screening guidelines.

Smoking Cessation Approaches and Options - http://speakerskit.chestnet.org/wgtlc/pres-cessation.php
Presentation-ready slides on smoking, myths and facts, model for quitting, findings and recommendations, evaluation of cessation aids, tips for helping patients quit, smoking cessation methods.

Stopping Smoking - http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band9/b9-1.html
Review of scientific literature on smoking costs, quitting methods.

Strategies for Smoking Cessation - http://www.chestnet.org/education/online/pccu/vol15/lessons13_14/lesson13.php
Online course for physicians from the American College of Chest Physicians; covers impact of tobacco dependence, treatment, relapse prevention, and special populations of tobacco users.

The UK National Smoking Cessation Conference - http://www.uknscc.org
For healthcare professionals and specialists looking to treat smokers more effectively.

Tobacco Addiction Treatment Poster Session - http://apha.confex.com/apha/130am/techprogram/session_8749.htm
Papers presented at recent health conference on interventions, survey results, evaluation, strategies for success.

Tobacco Cessation Guideline - http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/
Materials available to professionals and consumers.

Tobacco-Cessation Patient Counseling - http://www.acpm.org/tobpol.htm
Practice policy statement from the American College of Preventive Medicine. Covers: burden of suffering, description of preventive measures, evidence of effectiveness of preventive measures, public policy considerations, recommendations for other health care groups, rationale for physician counseling, and recommendations.

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