Accurate documentation of tobacco use status and related conditions supports appropriate tobacco use disorder coding and compliant billing
Legal Classification: Snus is regulated as oral tobacco (and banned in EU/UK for sale), whereas chew bags are legally sold as a form of chewing tobacco (exempt from the snus ban)
Providing sufficient training in quit-smoking treatments to health care providers can more than double a smokers odds of successfully quitting
Lung function after vaping depends on a number of factors, but a year after quitting vaping, the lungs may show some improvement, though there may still be some impairment
In addition, it is important to inform the doctor if other quit-smoking drugs such as Aplenzin, Forfivo, Wellbutrin, Zyban, or Bupropion or any nicotine replacement therapies like nicotine gum, inhaler, lozenges, skin patches, or nasal spray are being used