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If a patient expresses reluctance to quitting smoking, what is the best way to proceed with tobacco cessation counseling?

The systematic review of multiple treatment options for tobacco cessation found:

All pharmacotherapies were effective over controls for short-term and long-term smoking cessation.
Only nicotine replacement therapy was effective.
Only Varenicline (Chantix) was effective.
None of the above.

CMS lung cancer screening requirements include:

Including tobacco cessation counseling as part of lung cancer screening has been shown to:

Tobacco Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening