METHODS A quantitative, cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Healthcare
professionals (n= 133) who attended one of ten training sessions on brief interventions for …

Objective To assess the impact of a tobacco cessation training program on healthcare
professionals' smoking cessation practices, counseling‐related opinions, and attitudes …

OBJECTIVE: To explore demographic-, health-, and smoking-related predictors and
moderators of outcome in smokers who participated in two different brief smoking cessation …

Background There is good evidence that brief interventions from health professionals can
increase rates of smoking cessation. A number of trials have examined whether specific …

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

Background Helping tobacco smokers to quit during a medical visit is a clinical and public
health priority. Research suggests that most health professionals engage their patients in at …

Introduction: Smoking cessation counseling by health professionals is an effective approach
to increase cessation rates among smokers. To guide the development of training and …

BACKGROUND: In Canada, smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death.
Family physicians and nurse practitioners are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking …

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

Background. Many primary care practices do not have systematic protocols to identify
patients who smoke or to encourage clinicians to provide smoking cessation advice. We …