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Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease
Release Date: November 2003
This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on counseling to prevent tobacco use.
Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents
| The information found here is current for children and adolescents. This recommendation has been updated in part for adults and pregnant women. Go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspstbac2.htm to view the new recommendation for adults and pregnant women, published in April 2009. |
Summary of Recommendations
- The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians screen all adults for tobacco use and provide tobacco cessation interventions for those who use tobacco products.
Grade: A Recommendation. - The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians screen all pregnant women for tobacco use and provide augmented pregnancy-tailored counseling to those who smoke.
Grade: A Recommendation. - The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening for tobacco use or interventions to prevent and treat tobacco use and dependence among children or adolescents.
Grade: I Statement.
Supporting Documents
Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease, November 2003
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB; PDF Help)
Related Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports
Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_rr/rr_cvol.html
Guide to Community Preventive Services
Go to: http://www.thecommunityguide.org 
Current as of November 2003
Internet Citation:
Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease, Topic Page. November 2003. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspstbac.htm
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