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  • Preventive Medicine
  • Addiction Medicine

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  • Tobacco use is a leading modifiable risk factor for major diseases like cancer, cardiovascular, and pulmonary conditions.
  • Approximately 25% of the population currently uses tobacco products.
  • Primary care settings are vital for addressing tobacco use and its associated health risks.

Purpose:

  • To highlight the essential role of primary care physicians in tobacco cessation.
  • To outline key interventions for smoking cessation and risk reduction.
  • To discuss the emerging role of vaping in tobacco withdrawal and harm reduction.

Summary:

  • Primary care physicians should screen all patients for tobacco use and offer brief interventions.
  • Interventions include motivational support, nicotine replacement therapy, and pharmacotherapy.
  • Electronic cigarettes (vaping) are effective for tobacco withdrawal and may be a harm reduction strategy, considered significantly less harmful than smoked tobacco.

Impact:

  • Improved patient outcomes through smoking cessation and risk reduction strategies.
  • Reduced burden of tobacco-related diseases on public health.
  • Integration of evidence-based cessation methods, including novel approaches like vaping, into routine primary care.