TY - JOUR AU - Jiménez-Ruiz, C.A. AU - Fagerström, K.O. PY - 2015/11/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Smoking cessation treatment for COPD smokers: the role of counselling JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 79 IS - 1 SE - Reviews DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2013.107 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/107 SP - AB - Smoking cessation is the only therapeutic intervention that can prevent COPD smokers from the chronic progression of their disorder. The most important intervention for helping these smokers to quit is a combination of counseling plus pharmacological treatment. The characteristics of the counseling should be different depending if this intervention is offered to smokers with a previous diagnosis of COPD or if the intervention is offered to smokers who have been recently diagnoses with COPD. The counseling of patients who have been recently diagnosed should include: a) explanation of the direct relationship between smoking and COPD, b) encouraging these patients to quit and c) using of spirometry and measurements of CO as a motivational tools. The counseling of patients who have been previously diagnosed should include: a) encouragement to make a serious quit attempt, b) an intervention that increases motivation, self-efficacy and self-esteem, c) and the intervention should also control depression and be directed to weight gain control. ER -