Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, D.A. Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Cancer. 2022 Jan-Mar;59(1):12-17. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_104_20.
Tobacco use is one of the major public health problems in India and also the single most important remediable public health problem. Tobacco cessation is the need of the hour. The dentists have a unique opportunity and professional obligation to be a positive influence in reducing the economic and social burden inflicted by tobacco use on dental and general health. However, dentists, in general, have not widely embraced tobacco cessation in practice. In this article, an evidence-based model (an adaptation of the World Health Organization "5As" tobacco cessation model) is presented for the dentist to help patients avoid tobacco initiation, to encourage and assist patients in tobacco cessation.
吸烟是印度主要的公共卫生问题之一，也是唯一可以有效解决的公共卫生问题。现在需要戒烟。牙医有独特的机会和专业义务，通过减少因吸烟对口腔和整体健康造成的经济和社会负担，来产生积极影响。然而，牙医通常并没有在实践中广泛接受戒烟。本文提出了一个基于证据的模式（世界卫生组织“5A”戒烟模式的改编），帮助牙医帮助患者避免吸烟，鼓励和协助患者戒烟。
