| Title | The epidemiology of tobacco use and dependence. | | Author(s) | Hudmon KS, Kilfoy BA, Prokhorov AV | | Institution | Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, 60 College Street, Suite #431, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. karen.hudmon@yale.edu | | Source | Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2006 Mar; 18(1):1-11, xi. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Cause of Death
Cost of Illness
Critical Care
Female
Health Policy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nurse's Role
Nursing Assessment
Prevalence
Public Health
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Distribution
Smoking Cessation
Substance Abuse Detection
Tobacco Use Disorder
United States
| | Abstract | Tobacco use continues to be a public health issue of great importance. Acute and critical care nurses in particular have a unique opportunity to become a cornerstone for the nation's tobacco control efforts through integration of prevention and cessation interventions as part of patient care. This article provides readers with a working knowledge of tobacco use and dependence as background reading for the subsequent articles presented in this special issue addressing tobacco cessation in acute and critical care settings. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 16546003 |
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