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Health Behavior Change in Managed Care: Selected Evidence for Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Disease Management in Clinical Settings: Smoking
Nearly half of the nation's premature deaths from the 10 leading causes of mortality are attributable to controllable behavioral factors such as unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, tobacco use, alcohol and drug abuse, and risky sexual practices. Behavioral health risks are also associated with higher ambulatory care and hospitalization costs — accounting for as much as 70 percent of all medical care spending.
This report by the Center for the Advancement of Health (CFAH) analyzes managed care plans, which can stem these costs by incorporating evidence-based behavior change interventions that encourage healthy people and those who are dependant on cigarettes to modify their behavior to reduce health risks and maintain that behavior over time.
Evidence shows that there is a range of smoking cessation services and programs that can help individuals change the behavior patterns that contribute to the onset and progression of cigarette smoking.
The full report is available as a PDF to download at no cost.
 http://www.cfah.org/pdfs/health_topic_smoking.pdf
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Publication Year: 2000
Publisher Center for the Advancement of Health 2000 Florida Ave NW Ste 210 Washington, dc 20009-1231 Phone: 202-387-2829 Website: http://www.cfah.org/Email: cfah@cfah.org
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Boston University School of Public Health 
