Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Australian General Practice
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Tobacco smoking is responsible for the deaths of approximately 19,000
Australians each year (Ridolfo and Stevenson, 2001). These guidelines
aim to assist general practitioners (GPs) and their practice staff to
more effectively identify smokers and assist them to stop smoking. The
guidelines are an adaptation of the “5As” for brief
intervention that are the basis of the United States Clinical
Practice Guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence (Fiore et
al, 2000). The “5As” approach was a development of the 4As
approach of the United Kingdom guidelines (Raw et al, 1998). The 5As
approach has also been used as the basis of revised guidelines for
smoking cessation in New Zealand (National Health Committee,
2002). The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has
published Guidelines for preventive activities in general
practice (RACGP, 2002) which include brief guidelines for smoking
cessation. These smoking cessation guidelines for Australian general
practice have been developed from a review of all of these materials
plus guidelines produced for special groups.
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