Tobacco use should be addressed in every clinical setting where cancer is treated. This is especially important in the oncology setting because smoking cessation protects against cancer and benefits both individuals going through cancer treatment and those who have completed treatment.1, 2 Health care professionals, particularly those in oncology care, should treat tobacco use and dependence. Indeed, cessation treatment has been deemed a “pillar” of cancer care.3
Below are helpful cessation resources for healthcare systems and providers to assist people after cancer diagnosis:
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The Tobacco Treatment Implementation Roadmap
provides practical guidance and examples, including materials to provide to individuals, that can be adapted for a variety of cancer treatment settings. The Roadmap was developed by the Cancer Moonshot-funded Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I), which was designed to help NCI-Designated Cancer Centers build and implement sustainable tobacco cessation treatment programs to routinely address tobacco cessation.
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The NCI monograph Treating Smoking in Cancer Patients: An Essential Component of Cancer Care provides the state of the science on treatment approaches.
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The Cancer Patient Tobacco Use Questionnaire (C-TUQ) is designed to ask about tobacco use.
References
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014. Printed with corrections, January 2014.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Smoking Cessation. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2020.
- Fiore MC, D'Angelo H, Baker T. Effective cessation treatment for patients with cancer who smoke-the fourth pillar of cancer care. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Sep 4;2(9):e1912264. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12264. PMID: 31560380; PMCID: PMC8295883.
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