Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation

摘要: Cigarette smoking is one of the country’s most important public health problems (US DHHS, 1990). Approximately 400, 000 US citizens die yearly from tobacco-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obstructive lung disease (CDC, 1993). Tobacco also responsible for increased disability a variety causes chronic (Renwick & Connelly, 1996; Higgens {tiet al.}, 1993), cerebrovascular accidents (Shinton Beevers, 1989), myocardial infarction (Seeman, Mendes de Leon, Berkman, Ostfeld, 1993; Chun, Dobson, Heller, amputations secondary to peripheral vascular (Eneroth Persson, blindness due macular degeneration (Seddon, Willett, Speizer, Hankinson, 1996). Collectively, Americans spend approximately $50 billion annually in medical costs related negative consequences tobacco addiction 1994c). Moreover, cost lost productivity earnings estimated at $47 per year (Herdman, Hewitt Laschober,