Treating Tobacco Use in the Pharmacy Setting

How to Help Patients Quit
Click below for information specific to your role in treating tobacco dependence and helping patients quit.

• The Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Mike Miller, and UW-CTRI Partner to Encourage Pharmacists to Address Tobacco Use
• Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Journal articles:
  • Tobacco-Related Disparities Among Individuals Affected by Mental Illness (2018)
  • The Importance of Smoking Cessation to Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk (2018)
  • Pharmacists Play Vital Role in Smoking Cessation (2006)
• Fact sheet for pharmacy professionals: Medicaid and Tobacco
• Fact sheet: Medication Dosing Chart
• Table: Drug Interactions with Smoking
• Tobacco Free Pharmacies
• American Journal of Preventive Medicine: Most Americans Favor No Tobacco Sales in Pharmacies
• Pharmacists to Meet with Every Inpatient Who Smokes at UW Hospital

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