Nurse Pract. 2003 ; Suppl(): 12-6, 18-9, 21; quiz 22-3.

Match the best smoking cessation intervention to your patient.

Urso P.

University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA.

Various treatment modalities and programs provide smoking cessation aid, but how effective are each of these treatment options? Select the optimum treatment for your patient by learning the efficacy and applicability of interventions such as counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, non-nicotine drugs, harm reduction, and acupuncture.