Background. While health care providers are often urged to refer smokers to a smoking
cessation pro gram, little information is available about patient ad herence to such advice …

Background. Professional groups urge physicians to ag gressively counsel their patients
who smoke, but re search evaluating the effectiveness of physician counsel ing has …

Although many family physicians may discuss smoking cessation with their patients, few do
so consistently. A common belief among many physicians is that such efforts will not deter …

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. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence, targeting, and
time demands of tobacco cessation advice by community family physicians. METHODS …

Objective To test the effectiveness of a care coordination program for telephone counseling
in raising referral and treatment rates for smoking cessation. Study design A demonstration …

BACKGROUND We explored the relationships between advice front a physician to quit
smoking and an army of respondents' characteristics, including sociodemographic factors …

Using a complete factorial design, we tested three interventions for smoking cessation in
routine primary care practice. The interventions tested were 1) physician counseling, 2) …

BACKGROUND. The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) guidelines on
smoking cessation recommend that primary care physicians provide both brief advice …

OBJECTIVES: We identified patterns of tobacco cessation counseling in primary care
practices, including contextual factors that influence its provision. STUDY DESIGN: A cross …