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Smoking causes an enormous burden on public health. While policy measures to control tobacco
use are being applied all over the world, inadequate attention has been given to what the health care
professionals can do in their routine work with patients. The present document, Encouraging
Stopping Smoking gives information on how medical professionals and health workers can increase
the likelihood of their patients stopping smoking. It also gives guidelines on this aspect being
included in medical and nursing training programmes.
This document has been developed by Dr R.A. Walsh and Professor Rob W. Sanson-Fisher of
Australia, and WHO is indeed grateful to them for having undertaken this task. They have also
been responsible for incorporating many changes that were suggested by a series of reviewers,
within and outside WHO.
Encouraging Stopping Smoking is part of the Behavioural Science Learning Modules series of the
World Health Organization (WHO). This series is aimed at providing behavioural science
knowledge and skills to health care professionals to positively influence the health of their patients.
It is hoped that the present document is useful tool for these professionals and their trainers. We
would be pleased to receive any feedback on the usefulness of this document and suggestions on
how to improve it. These suggestions may be sent to the undersigned.Explanation:
