Am J Health Syst Pharm. 1999 Mar 1;56(5):460-4. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/56.5.460.
Smoking continues to be the single most important preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Pharmacists, in collaboration with other health care providers, have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to addressing this major public health problem. ASHP supports AHCPR's guidelines for smoking cessation. ASHP encourages all health care providers to actively promote smoking cessation and become participants in the provision of smoking-cessation programs or tobacco treatment interventions. Because a majority of smokers start smoking when they are less than 18 years old, emphasis must also be given to the prevention of smoking by children and adolescents.
在美国，吸烟仍然是发病率和死亡率的单一最重要的可预防原因。药剂师与其他医疗保健提供者合作，有机会为解决这一重大公共卫生问题做出重大贡献。美国卫生系统药师协会支持美国卫生保健政策和研究机构（AHCPR）的戒烟指南。美国卫生系统药师协会鼓励所有医疗保健提供者积极推广戒烟，并参与提供戒烟计划或烟草治疗干预措施。由于大多数吸烟者在18岁以下就开始吸烟，因此还必须重视预防儿童和青少年吸烟。
