The Guide to Community
Preventive Services recommends the following interventions to reduce adult
smoking:
- Increasing the unit price of tobacco products;
- Mass media campaigns
when combined with other interventions;
- Multi-component cessation interventions
that include telephone support;
- Health care provider reminder systems for
tobacco cessation;
- Reducing client out-of-pocket costs for cessation therapies (e.g., counseling, nicotine patches, gum, lozenges)
- Smoke-free policies to reduce tobacco use.