ANTI-SMOKING GROUP: A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE IN CF DANTE ROMANÓ JR

Introduction and Objective: Health education groups are a high-impact strategy used by health professionals in primary care. The Family Clinic Dante Romanó Junior, located in Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro, use this tool in various areas of health care. One of the groups is the "Anti-Smoking Group", part of the National Program for Tobacco Control, whose goal is to help patients to stop tobacco use, through a cognitive-behavioral approach, which is divided into two stages. Method: First, weekly meetings are held over four weeks, with patients and a multidisciplinary team consisting of a doctor, nurse, dentist, physical educator, pharmacist, dental health agent and oral health technician. The treatment is individualized and can include psychotherapy, and drugs. In the second stage are made two biweekly sessions of maintenance therapy and a monthly follow-up, to discontinue the pharmacological treatment, with special attention to the possibility of relapse. Results and Conclusion: During 2015, 93 patients joined the group. Of these, 31 have stopped smoking, which corresponds to about 33% of the total, and continue on maintenance therapy. We know that quitting smoking is a complex process that involves multiple factors; Therefore provide a favorable environment within the family health unit is a strategy that shows good results.