Objectives: Primary care physicians are uniquely positioned to initiate and promote smoking
cessation. However, their attitude towards smoking cessation is influenced by many factors …

Aims: We aimed to assess the smoking behavior of primary care physicians and its effect on
their patient smoking counseling practices. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study …

BACKGROUND: Public health and government organizations have invested considerably to
increase physician adherence to smoking-cessation practice guidelines. METHODS: A …

Background: Tobacco dependence treatment efforts have focused on primary care
physicians (PCPs), but evidence suggests that they are insufficient to help most smokers …

OBJECTIVE: The smoking status of physicians can impact interactions with patients about
smoking. The 'Smoking: The Opinions of Physicians'(STOP) survey examined whether an …

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions may be influenced by
a variety of patient characteristics, including level of nicotine addiction and readiness to …

Objective: To describe relationships between primary physician and patient characteristics
and the approach to prevention and quitting of smoking. Methods: A questionnaire …

Objective Smoking cessation counseling practices may differ between physicians who
smoke and those who have quit or never smoked. Method Of 917 general practitioners (GP) …

Objective: To identify the motivators of and barriers to smoking cessation and to evaluate the
dynamics of the patient-physician visit. Methods: A total of 175 physicians and 347 patient …

Background Primary care providers are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking cessation.
We aimed to evaluate knowledge levels about the health effects of smoking and attitudes …