Help to quit smoking
If you smoke, you should be offered help to quit (medication and support), not just advised to stop.
The silent should: If you smoke, you should be offered help to quit (medication and support), not just advised to stop.
In our analysis of de-identified U.S. psychiatric records, this step was missing 60% of the time it should have happened.
This page is information to help you ask questions — it is not medical advice, and you should never start, stop, or change a medication on your own. Bring these questions to your clinician.
Questions for your doctor the next time you see them
Copy a line and ask it — these are questions, never instructions to change treatment.
- I'd like help to quit smoking - what medication and support can you offer?
- Can we make a quit plan together?
This page is informational and not medical advice. It describes care patterns across a population, not your situation. Bring these questions to a clinician who knows you.
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