Clinical Scorecard: Healthcare Providers Less Often Screen for and Recommend Quitting Non-Cigarette Tobacco: NSDUH Findings, 2021–2023
At a Glance
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Condition
Clinical topic addressed by the source article: Healthcare Providers Less Often Screen for and Recommend Quitting Non-Cigarette Tobacco
Key Mechanisms
Mechanisms or clinical associations described in the source article.
Target Population
Population described in the source article.
Care Setting
Evidence comes from a nationally representative US survey. The study assessed self-reported provider inquiry and cessation advice in the preceding year; healthcare visits were measured as in-person appointments or remote discussions.
Key Highlights
The study examined self-reported healthcare provider asking and cessation advice during the preceding year.
Tobacco-use groups included exclusive cigarette, cigar, e-cigarette, and smokeless tobacco users, as well as multiple-product users.
Multiple-product users reported using at least one tobacco product during both the past year and past month.
The analysis used 2021–2023 NSDUH data from 139,524 adults and incorporated survey sampling weights.
The supplied article excerpt describes the study aims and methods but does not provide results or prevalence estimates.
Guideline-Based Recommendations
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Monitoring & Follow-up
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Patient & Prescribing Data
The study assessed whether a healthcare professional had asked about tobacco use or recommended quitting in the preceding year. The supplied excerpt does not report treatment outcomes or product-specific estimates.
Clinical Best Practices
The article describes Ask-Advise-Refer as asking about tobacco use, advising cessation, and referring patients to evidence-based treatment, and states that AAR can increase cessation-program enrollment, quit attempts, and successful cessation.
The study assessed asking and advising; the supplied excerpt does not describe assessment of the referral component.
by Lauren R. Pacek, Min-Jeong Yang, Melissa Mercincavage, Monica J. Gilles, Kimberly Jordan-Casarona, Nicolette E. Garthe, Cristine D. Delnevo, Michael B. Steinberg
