Counseling
Effective smoking cessation counseling can be divided into practical and
supportive counseling advice.
Practical counseling advice
Includes provision of basic information, and helping develop problem solving and coping skills.
Supportive counseling
Consists of ways in which clinicians can best encourage, empathize and engage their patients during their quit attempt.
5 R's
For patients not ready to make a quit attempt at this time, clinicians should use a brief intervention designed to promote the motivation to quit. Such patients may respond to a motivational intervention that provides the clinician an opportunity to educate, reassure, and motivate such as the motivational intervention built around the "5 R's": Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, and Repetition.
Medicaid Coverage
Expansion of Smoking Cessation Counseling to ALL Medicaid Beneficiaries Effective April 1, 2011
Your local Tobacco Cessation Center can provide free training on counseling and pharmacotherapy to you and your staff. The Centers can also provide information and assistance with local and state counseling resources.
