Understanding people who smoke and how they change: a foundation for smoking cessation in primary care, part 1.

Full Abstract

The purpose of this article is to develop an understanding of people who smoke and how they change as a foundation for the delivery of smoking cessation interventions in primary care. Central to our approach is the transtheoretical model of change (TMC). The TMC is an evidence-based model of behavior change that has been developed and tested during the past 2 decades by Prochaska and his colleagues in the context of smoking cessation. We use a review of the literature, in-depth interviews of people who successfully quit smoking, and our experience applying the TMC in the context of primary care and a smoking cessation clinic to explore the clinical work of smoking cessation.This article on smoking cessation will be presented in 2 issues. Part 1 describes the theoretical information known about smoking cessation:
why smoking is a powerful behavior, the scientific background of the TMC, and the building-block constructs of the TMC. The first section of part 2 is a review of the Public Health Service clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, published in 2000. The second section of part 2 is a discussion of clinical assessments and strategies for working with smokers, which is grounded in the Public Health Service practice guideline, our understanding of people who smoke, and the TMC. Woven throughout are transcripts of interviews with 4 people in which they describe their smoking experiences and their pathways to cessation.

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Author information

Author/s: Goldberg, David (D); Hoffman, Arthur (A); Añel, Donna (D);

Affiliation: Smoking Cessation Clinic, Division of General Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Disease-a-month : DM (Dis Mon), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 48 (issue 6) : pp 385-439

Dates: Created 2002/10/09; Completed 2002/11/04; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 12373257, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adaptation, Psychological
Aged
Attitude to Health
Decision Making
Depression - complications; prevention & control; psychology
Female
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Status
Humans

Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Physician's Role
Primary Health Care - methods
Self Care - methods; psychology
Smoking - prevention & control; psychology
Smoking Cessation - methods; psychology
Stress, Psychological - complications; prevention & control; psychology

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