Health professionals taking action to treat tobacco use and dependence : Professionnels actifs pour traiter le tabagisme et sa dépendance

Determine the smoker’s stage of change and the corresponding objective of the intervention  Does the patient want to quit smoking? [...] Stage of change Objective of the intervention ■ No, not in the next six months  Pre-contemplation Conduct a motivational interview to ■ Yes, in the next six months Contemplation - encourage the smoker to think about the importance of quitting soon to strengthen conviction; - help the smoker resolve ambivalence by encouraging him or her to explore the benefits and disadvantages associated with smok [...] Discuss Discuss Discuss Discuss ❑ your concerns about smoking, ❑ the concerns and questions raised ❑ the problems raised ❑ the fact that most smokers have in relation to your patient’s history to try several times before they and risk factors ❑ the importance for the person to ❑ the importance of avoiding the succeed in quitting for good think about what makes him or her occasional cigarette ❑ the [...] Health Professionals Taking Action to Treat Tobacco Use and Dependence ▶ The patch should be applied every morning, on a hairless ▶ Between the 4th and the 6th month, smokers quit completely part of the body between the neck and the waist; and use nicotine gum as needed, for up to three months. [...] Inhaler (Nicorette) Nicotine gum must be chewed a few times and then placed between the cheek and the gums for one minute to allow ▶ Although this product is called an inhaler, the nicotine it absorption of the nicotine through the mucous membrane contains is absorbed though the mucous membrane of the of the mouth.