Ashp Therapeutic Position Statement On The Cessation Of Tobacco Use

摘要

Given the extensive body of data implicating tobacco as the primary known preventable cause of death in the United States, ASHP strongly supports evidence-based tobaccocontrol initiatives that aim to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use. These efforts should address a continuum of services, activities, and policies ranging from the integration of tobacco-cessation counseling as a routine component of patient care to the adoption of clean indoor air laws. ASHP believes that the active involvement of health care providers is crucial to effective tobacco control at the population level and that the pharmacy profession-as a primary and accessible point of contact between the health care system and the public (including the medically underserved)-has a unique opportunity to serve as a cornerstone for the nation's tobacco-control efforts.