Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, professor of family medicine and director of tobacco intervention programs at the UNC School of Medicine, was featured in the Triangle Business Journal.
The Triangle Business Journal featured the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, including Adam Goldstein, MD, PhD, professor of family medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The story is behind a paywall here. Below is an excerpt from the TBJ story, written by Connie Gentry.
–Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control, and the Triangle’s most iconic competitors have collaborated to develop and amplify an evidence-based tobacco cessation program.
The Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program has been delivering thought leadership to medical, behavioral and public health professionals since 2016, but the work their medical teams have been doing with patients precedes the training initiative by a decade or more.
“Our program helps patients quit smoking when they’re hospitalized with smoking-related illnesses and it helps people who have cancer quit to prevent second cancers or worsening of first cancers,” said Dr. Adam Goldstein, director of tobacco intervention programs at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, which also leads tobacco cessation programs for worksite wellness groups and has an outpatient program.–