This study investigated the effects of a continuing medical education program on the
attitudes of physicians and their intentions to counsel their patients about smoking cessation …

Previous research indicates that the provision of anti-smoking counseling by physicians can
significantly increase the cessation rate among their smoking patients. Surveys indicate …

This randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of a smoking cessation workshop on
physician practices and on patients' smoking behavior. Eighty-three community family …

Background Health care providers have experimented with ways to implement smoking
cessation education and assistance into the clinic visit. The inclusion of smoking status as …

Health providers believe that eliminating smoking is an important health promotion goal, but
physicians and nurse practitioners may differ in the implementation of that belief. To …

PURPOSE. To investigate (1) the extent of agreement between what resident physicians
and their patients report as having occurred in physician-delivered smoking interventions …

Previous studies have shown that the most effective strategy to promote smoking cessation
is for the physician to provide brief, simple counseling for the patient. The effectiveness of a …

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

Several techniques used in smoking cessation counseling have been shown to be useful in
physicians' efforts to help their patients quit smoking. The use of these techniques by Tulsa …

Study objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of two teaching interventions to increase
residents' performance of smoking cessation counseling. Design: Randomized controlled …