[Update on current care guidelines: tobacco dependence and cessation]

Of teenagers in Finland aged 14 to 18 years, one in six smoke. Of adults, one in five smoke. All health care workers should register smoking among patients, urge them to quit and offer help in cessation. Tobacco cessation groups should be available to all smokers and all central hospitals should have a smoking cessation unit. Cessation medication or nicotine replacement therapy should be offered actively together with counselling. The cessation plan takes account of personal needs like pregnancy, age and medication.