Tobacco Cessation- A Beginner's Guide: Help Your Patient Quit

Health workers are constantly battling ways to curb tobacco use in patients with lifestyle diseases or those who are at increased risk of developing cancers due to smoking. However, their constant struggle to gain success is, in part, a consequence of incomplete understanding of dependency and the difficulty to match appropriate cessation technique to help people quit tobacco. This book will provide health practitioners and wellness trainers to gain insight into what goes on inside the minds of individuals trying to quit and the various means and techniques at their disposal to help them in their attempts.

Dr Kapoor holds a Master’s degree in Public Health Dentistry and is currently working as a freelancing research consultant. Her previous work focuses on barriers between health practitioners and their patients. She focuses on facilitating health workers address issues in developing treatment plans based on the patient’s behavioural characteristics.