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It's About Time

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:15-16.

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TOBACCO USE is very much a pediatric problem. Prenatal cigarette exposure is associated with low birth weight¹; second hand smoke exposure increases young children's risk of otitis media,² respiratory illness, and asthma exacerbations^{2, 3, 4}; and children and adolescents are the targets of cigarette advertising.^{5, 6, 7} While tobacco use among adults has remained steady, recent studies show it is becoming more prevalent among youth.⁸ What are those who care for pediatric patients doing to stem the tide?

Considerably less than we should, as Pérez-Stable et al⁹ report in this issue of ARCHIVES. Surveying pediatricians and family physicians in California, they found that fewer than half of family physicians and pediatricians employ 4 proven effective smoking cessation practices for their patients' parents, including (1) asking parents to set a quit date, (2) prescribing or recommending nicotine replacement therapy, (3) having nursing staff counsel parents to stop smoking, and (4) scheduling a follow-up . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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