JAMA: 2012-10-17, Vol. 308, No. 15, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

Interview with Nancy A. Rigotti, MD, author of Strategies to Help a Smoker Who Is Struggling to Quit. Summary Points: Treat tobacco use like the chronic disease that it is. Don't give up if your first few efforts do not succeed. Medications and brief counseling are each effective, but combining the two is most effective. Link your smokers to free national resources like the tobacco quit lines (1-800-QUIT-NOW). New noncombustible tobacco products are coming.