Pharmacy Times November 21, 2023
Free apps can help patients track cravings, monitor triggers, and stay motivated
Tobacco use leads to more than 8 million deaths globally each year and approximately 1.3 million of these deaths are nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke.1 Only 30% of tobacco users have tools at their disposal to help them quit smoking successfully.1 The World Health Organization developed the tobacco cessation consortium, one of whose main goals is to incorporate technology resources globally for smoking cessation.2 Pharmacists play an important role in smoking cessation education by incorporating technology into medication therapy management (MTM) consults (see Figure).
TECHNOLOGY AND SMOKING CESSATION EDUCATION
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