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Tobacco Treatment Specialists: A New Profession

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

John R. Hughes
John R. Hughes*
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Family Practice, University of Vermont, United States of America. john.hughes@uvm.edu
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*Address for correspondence: ohn R. Hughes, M.D., University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, 38 Fletcher Place, Burlington, VT 05401-1419.
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Abstract

Tobacco treatment specialists (TTS) are essential to developing an adequate system of treatment for smoking. Tobacco cessation treatment should be seen, not solely as a public health or prevention activity, but rather as a clinical activity. TTS should increase their professionalism by embracing evidence-based medicine. TTS should form professional organizations and credentialing bodies to insure a high quality professional identity.

Type
Invited Articles
Information
Journal of Smoking Cessation , Volume 2 , Supplement S1 , 01 December 2007 , pp. 2 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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