Fighting the 'tobacco epidemic' - A call to action to identify Targeted Intervention Points (TIPs) for better counseling patients with urothelial cancer

The association between tobacco use and urothelial cancer of the bladder is well known. Given the worsening tobacco epidemic, here we make the case for systematic targeted points of intervention for urologists and other professionals to intervene against bladder cancer. Awareness of contemporary checkpoints where we can intervene for counseling patients may help medical education in a tobacco-pandemic difficult setting. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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The association between tobacco use and urothelial cancer of the bladder is well known. Interventions for urologists and other professionals should be made to address this issue. Awareness of contemporary checkpoints for intervention may aid medical education in challenging tobacco epidemic settings.