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Tobacco Use Disorder: A Family Disease
Joseph R DiFranza1, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Denise Jolicoeur
1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School (JRD); Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School (CB); Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School (DJ); Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School (SET); and Center for Child & Adolescent Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts (JW).
Abstract:
This clinical case presentation discusses a family in which 3 generations are affected by tobacco. The discussants discuss approaches to be taken to minimize the exposure of an infant to tobacco smoke from older relatives, behavioral and pharmacological approaches to assist smoking cessation, and concerns regarding electronic cigarettes.
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