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A Media Campaign to Increase Health Care Provider Assistance for Patients Who Smoke Cigarettes
PROGRAM EVALUATION BRIEF — Volume 16 — October 17, 2019
PEER REVIEWED
Three photographs depict health care provider interactions with patients about nicotine addiction. The first photograph shows a provider’s hands writing a prescription for smoking cessation medication, with the caption, “Treatment for nicotine addiction: Meds and counseling double your patient’s success rate.” The second shows a father holding an infant with the caption, “Thanks Doc! I quit smoking because you treated my addiction.” The third shows a provider addressing a patient with the caption, “Smoking is an addiction. Treat it with medicine and brief counseling.”
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Three advertisements used in New York State Department of Health promotion of tobacco cessation patient interventions among health care providers.
The 3 photographs provide links to a website: https://talktoyourpatients.health.ny.gov/.
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