HLST-210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tobacco Advertising, Primary Care Physician, American Lung Association
25 Mar 2016
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Occasionally, a smoker may have pulmonary function tests performed to help determine the amount of damage done to the lungs by smoking. For young teens, it may be best for physicians to ask the teen about his or her cigarette smoking history with the parents or caregivers out of the room. Treating tobacco involves helping the individual successfully stop smoking. Smokers must partner with their doctors, families, spouses, friends, even employers, to make quitting successful. Many smokers try to quit, but only a few succeed. Treatment consists of two broad areas: the medical conditions caused by smoking - respiratory illness, heart disease, circulatory disease, cancer, ulcers - need to be treated. In addition to stopping smoking, any associated medical condition, if one is present, needs to be addressed by the patient"s doctor. Others (nasal sprays and inhalers) require a prescription.
