{"id":252,"date":"2026-04-02T09:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:29:13","slug":"tobacco-cessation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/tobacco-cessation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Cessation Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things a person can do. But help can be found at the UNMC College of Dentistry tobacco cessation clinic. The clinic is designed to help patients break the habit through individual counseling, drug therapy, and caring professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individuals may refer themselves to the clinic or be referred by their dentist, dental hygienist, physician, nurse or other health care professional. Questionnaires regarding tobacco use, nicotine dependence, motivation, and a self-assessment are sent to a client before their first appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each patient works with a counselor who helps design a customized treatment plan and discuss ways to change behaviors to break old habits. At the clinic patients are treated using a combination of drug therapy and one-on-one counseling. Each session lasts approximately 30 minutes. Those individuals who do not achieve success within the seven-week course of drug therapy are provided a prescription for an additional five weeks of treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drug therapy options include the use of nicotine gum, patches, nasal spray, inhaler, Zyban or various combinations prescribed under the supervision of a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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