Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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Treatment of tobacco dependence as a treatment of lung diseases

Symposium
Chairs: C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Aims: This symposium aims to show why and how to integrate tobacco cessation (or reduction) in the treatment of lung cancer and COPD.
At the end of the symposium, the audience will know the benefit of why and how:
- to treat tobacco dependence in all patients with COPD and lung carcinoma;
- to organise preoperatively smoking cessation;
- dependence treatment is assessed in the intensive care unit.

The treatment of tobacco dependence: an effective treatment for lung cancer P. Aveyard (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
The treatment of tobacco dependence: an effective treatment for COPD T. Hering (Berlin, Germany)
Nicotine replacement therapy in ICU patients D. Journois (Paris, France)