Avoiding High-Risk Behaviors: Smoking Prevention and Cessation in Diabetes Care
- Tiffany L. Tibbs, MA and
- Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Abstract
In Brief
Smoking and other high-risk behaviors can result in devastating health consequences for patients with diabetes, in addition to patients with cardiovascular disease and cancer. The prevention and treatment of smoking should be a high priority for diabetes care providers. Effective strategies to implement behavioral change are discussed.
Footnotes
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Tiffany L. Tibbs, MA, is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, is a professor of behavioral science and the director of the Obesity Prevention Center at St. Louis University School of Public Health in St. Louis, Mo.
- American Diabetes Association
