The Minute to Ask website provides useful, easy and quick-to-follow strategies when asking and treating patients with tobacco dependence.
Quitting is difficult. Talking to your
patients about quitting shouldn’t be.
Learn about different counseling delivery methods and approaches that are appropriate for your patients.
"Even brief tobacco dependence treatment is effective and should be offered to every patient who uses tobacco."
–Public Health Service (PHS) Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update