Pocket Guide to Selected Preventive Services for Adults

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Age
All tobacco users

Organization/Year
USPSTF/2009

Recommended Frequency
Periodically

Comments/Grade
USPSTF recommends that clinicians ask all adults about tobacco use and provide tobacco cessation interventions for those who use tobacco products. (A)

USPSTF recommends that clinicians ask all pregnant women about tobacco use and provide augmented, pregnancy-tailored counseling for those who smoke. (A)

USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening for tobacco use or interventions to prevent and treat tobacco use and dependence among children or adolescents. (I)