Smoking
Tobacco use — a leading preventable cause of disease and death.
Smoking is a leading preventable cause of disease and death, contributing to cancer, COPD, and cardiovascular disease. Use the 5 A’s framework — Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange follow-up — and offer nicotine replacement, which raises quit rates by roughly 50–60%. Quitting at any age yields measurable health benefits within weeks, so it is never too late to counsel cessation.
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