Chunk #5 — Treatment Strategies and Evidence — Identifying Smokers in the Healthcare Setting

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Clinical practice. Treating smokers in the health care setting.

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Approximately 70% of smokers in the US see a primary care physician each year20, providing good opportunity to deliver effective cessation interventions. Including tobacco use as one of the vital signs results in identification of 80% or more of smokers visiting clinics 21.