Ask, Advise, Act: at every opportunity, ask patients if they smoke and record smoking status, advise on the most effective way of quitting and act on patient response, such as refer to local stop smoking support.
Clinical Recommendation
🏴 England • Public Health England (PHE)
Recommendation Statement
Ask, Advise, Act: at every opportunity, ask patients if they smoke and record smoking status, advise on the most effective way of quitting and act on patient response, such as refer to local stop smoking support.
Ask, Advise, Act: at every opportunity, ask patients if they smoke and record smoking status, advise on the most effective way of quitting and act on patient response, such as refer to local stop smoking support.
Clinical Topics
Keywords
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References
Department of Health and Social Care (2021). General. Patton LL, et al. The effectiveness of community-based visual screening and utility of adjunctive diagnostic aids. J Am Dent Assoc. 2003;134(4):424-429.
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