Jiménez-Ruiz, CAChatkin, JMMorais, AZabert, GRosa, PGea, QCavalcanti Lundgren, FLBoléo-Tomé, JP, et al.2020-06-302020-06-302020Arch Bronconeumol. 2020 Jun 5. pii: S0300-2896(20)30141-1.1579-2129http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/2427We report the results of a consensus reached by an expert group of representatives from different medical societies in Latin America on the objectives, competencies (knowledge, and skills), content, and duration of smoking cessation education in Latin American medical schools. The document discusses the following aspects: epidemiology, nicotine dependence, factors for initiation and maintenance of tobacco use, smoking-related disorders, diagnosis, minimal intervention, non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation, and prevention of smoking.spaMedical studentsSmokingConsensus documentjournal article10.1016/j.arbres.2020.04.021