When nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) became available in pharmacies without
prescription, pharmacists were positioned as possibly the only health professional patients …

This paper updates the evidence base and key recommendations of the Health Education
Authority (HEA) smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals published in Thorax …

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 …

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 …

General practitioners are the first point of contact for patients seeking health advice as more
than 80% of Australians consult with a GP at least once a year. Evidence shows that the GP …

BACKGROUND: Anti-smoking advice from general practitioners has proven efficacy.
However, general practitioners do not exploit a large proportion of opportunities to discuss …

General practitioners'(GPs') advice against smoking has a small, beneficial effect on
patients' smoking. Consequently, GPs have been urged to adopt a population-based …

Background. Motivation to stop smoking is associated with smokers' possessing substantial
smoking-related morbidity or believing that they have symptoms caused by smoking, but it is …

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a life-saving, cost-effective smoking cessation
treatment that doubles the chances of long-term abstinence regardless of the amount of …

There are many misperceptions about the role of nicotine in the harmful effects of smoking
on health. 1 A survey of Australian smokers found that 25% believed that nicotine …