Houston T P
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Prim Care. 1992 Sep;19(3):493-511.
There can be no question that smoking is a modern version of plague; that, as Camus points out, the public does not comprehend its true nature. As in the metaphorical community in Camus' narrative, the struggle of individuals against the pestilence (including official obstruction) is imperative. Physicians have multiple opportunities to join the war against tobacco. This article has shown how one may help individual patients in smoking cessation or interruption of its initiation and has suggested other activities by which physicians can become health promotion specialists. By assisting in the process by which smoking loses its appeal, educating community leaders and medical organizations, and becoming exemplars of prohealth activity, we can make a difference in the health of our communities and our patients.
毫无疑问，吸烟是瘟疫的现代版本；正如加缪所指出的，公众并不理解其真正本质。就像加缪叙事中的隐喻社区一样，个人对抗这种瘟疫的斗争（包括官方的阻挠）势在必行。医生有很多机会加入反烟草之战。本文展示了如何帮助个体患者戒烟或阻止其开始吸烟，并提出了医生可以成为健康促进专家的其他活动。通过协助吸烟失去吸引力的过程，教育社区领袖和医疗组织，并成为促进健康活动的典范，我们可以对我们社区和患者的健康产生影响。
