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Effectiveness of Care<br />

Findings<br />

Prevention: Counseling Smokers To Quit Smoking<br />

Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes or exacerbates many diseases. Smoking causes<br />

more than 80% of deaths from lung cancer and more than 90% of deaths from chronic obstructive<br />

pulmonary disease (MMWR, 2008). Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both<br />

men and women (Hoyert, et al., 2005), with approximately 135,000 deaths due to smoking. Cigarette<br />

smoking increases the risk of dying from CHD two- to threefold (MMWR, 2008).<br />

Quitting smoking has immediate and long-term health benefits. The risk of a heart attack and death from<br />

CHD is reduced by 50% in the first year after smoking cessation. The risk of mortality declines most rapidly<br />

in the first 3 years after smoking cessation, taking about 3 to 5 years of abstaining from smoking for<br />

cardiovascular risk to disappear (HHS, 2010). Smoking is a modifiable risk factor, and health care providers<br />

can help encourage patients to change their behavior and quit smoking.<br />

Figure 2.44. Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice from a<br />

doctor to quit smoking, by race/ethnicity and income, 2002-2008<br />

75<br />

Total<br />

White<br />

Black<br />

Hispanic<br />

75<br />

Poor<br />

Low Income<br />

Middle Income<br />

High Income<br />

Chapter 2 Lifestyle Modification<br />

70<br />

70<br />

Percent<br />

65<br />

Percent<br />

65<br />

60<br />

60<br />

55<br />

55<br />

50<br />

Z<br />

0<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

50<br />

Z<br />

0<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2008.<br />

Denominator: Civilian noninstitutionalized adult current smokers who had a checkup in the last 12 months.<br />

Note: Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using three age groups: 18-44, 45-64, and 65 and over. White and<br />

Black are non-Hispanic groups. Hispanic includes all races.<br />

n From 2002 to 2008, there were no statistically significant changes in the percentage of current adult<br />

smokers who were advised to quit smoking overall or by race/ethnicity or income (Figure 2.44).<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />

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