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"Since the health hazards of cigarette smoking became widely publicized in a series of reports by the Surgeon General in 1964, public attitudes toward smoking have grown more negative and the majority of smokers have tried to stop smoking. As the prevalence of smoking in the United States has gone from 40% in 1965 to recent estimates of about 25% of the adult population, those smokers who continue to smoke tend to be the ""hard core"". These are smokers who have made numerous attempts to stop smoking but have failed. This book constitutes a resource for professionals working with hard-core smokers and their families. It is designed as a practical, and clinically useful guide for all those in a position to intervene, including mental health professionals, physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, clergy, human resource and employee assistance programme corporate staff, and teachers and guidance counsellors. Despite massive public health education about the dangers of cigarette smoking, rates of smoking among the young population are no longer declining in the United States and the success rates of clinical programmes for smokers remain low. ""Helping the Hard-Core Smoker"" seeks to explain why current approaches are often inadequate and how best to help today's highly nicotine-dependent smokers who are struggling with their addiction."

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I'm delighted that this information is finally available to everyone involved in treating nicotine addiction! Every clinician who is serious about health promotion and disease prevention should read this book from cover to cover. As of the printing of this book, every other smoking cessation resource manual is outdated! -Linda Hyder Ferry, MD Foundation for Innovations for Nicotine Dependence Loma Linda, California Helping the Hard-Core Smoker: A Clinician's Guide belongs on the desk of every physician, psychiatrist, nurse practitioner, dentist, psychologist, elementary and secondary school teacher, and drug and alcohol counselor in the nation. The essays in this book present a wide range of treatment options for nicotine dependence, from nicotine and nonnicotine medications to short-term individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and hypnosis, as well as techniques for preventing relapse among former smokers. The potential efficacy of these treatments will provide hope to the practitioner attempting to help the hard-core smoker quit. Any practitioner looking for help to encourage smokers to stop, and practical suggestions to provide help, could find no better resource than this extraordinary collection of essays. -Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Columbia University, From the Foreword The management of nicotine dependence is more challenging than one might imagine from the cursory way it is usually taught to health professionals. Helping the Hard-Core Smoker resonates with experienced clinicians who know how difficult it is to help a person stop using tobacco products. It validates their experience and helps them improve their practice. More importantly, this book is a guide for the initiate into the challenge and intrigue of managing this prevalent, deadly, and often complex disease. -John Slade, MD University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

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Daniel F. Seidman (Edited by) , Lirio S. Covey (Edited by)

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