OBJECTIVES: Increasing the rate of smoking cessation remains a major public health goal.
To help achieve this in the UK, National Health Service (NHS) smoking cessation services …

Abstract Background General practitioners'(GPs) negative beliefs about smoking cessation
services may act as barriers to them recommending such services to smokers motivated to …

Objectives: To identify common themes between general practitioners (GP's) and patients on
smoking cessation in primary care in order to inform the development of acceptable …

This paper reflects on the role of general practitioners in smoking cessation and suggests
initiatives to enhance general practice as a setting for effective smoking cessation services …

Aims. To describe the advice and support New Zealand general practitioners (GPs) reported
providing to patients about smoking cessation, to explore barriers encountered in providing …

OBJECTIVES To assess general practitioners' and practice nurses' self reported behaviour,
attitudes, and knowledge in relation to smoking cessation. DESIGN AND SETTING Two …

Smoking cessation advice from a general practitioner (GP) significantly increases quit rates
among patients who smoke. However, smoking is not discussed during most routine …

Background Before 2012, UK GPs were paid only to offer cessation advice to smokers and
only to those with smoking-related disease, a minority of all smokers. From 2012, GPs are …

Objectives. Several countries have followed the US example in publishing national
guidelines on smoking cessation interventions. Gauging responses to these guidelines can …

The aim of this study was to evaluate enquiry about smoking and to identify the barriers to
engaging in tobacco prevention among general practitioners (n= 147) in Vest-Agder county …