Objective-To identify the factors that physicians believe impair their ability to provide
smoking cessation advice to their patients. Design-Ethnographic interviews of physicians …

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

Rationale, aims and objectives Few studies have examined doctors' views about
counselling unmotivated smokers. This study explored doctors' perceptions of useful …

Background. Although most physicians believe that smoking cessation assistance is
important for their patients, the majority of smokers report that they have not received …

Aims: Studies indicate that doctors may be reluctant to discuss smoking with their patients.
Knowledge about how this problem might be solved is limited. The aim of this study was to …

Abstract Background and Aims: While guidelines recommend all doctors to ask their patients
about their smoking habits and, in case they smoke, offer cessation advice, limited data are …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: A clinical practice guideline for smoking cessation was released in Italy in
2002, but to date little is known about the implementation of these recommendations among …

OBJECTIVE To assess what family physicians need to promote smoking cessation by
looking at current knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours and to examine the barriers facing …

Methods 257 Family physicians of the Vienne Department answered a survey (participation
rate: 70%) investigating their own smoking habits and how they approach patients who …