Background Healthcare professionals frequently advise patients to improve their health by
stopping smoking. Such advice may be brief, or part of more intensive interventions …

Objective To estimate the proportion of general practitioners (GPs) and family physicians
(FPs) with negative beliefs and attitudes towards discussing smoking cessation with …

Tobacco consumption is a risk factor for chronic diseases and worldwide around six million
people die from long-term exposure to first-or second-hand smoke annually. One effective …

Abstract Background: General practitioners (GPs) can contribute substantially to the
promotion of smoking cessation in the general population. However, engagement of GPs in …

Background: Although the hospital inpatient setting arguably provides an ideal opportunity
to engage patients in smoking cessation interventions, this is done infrequently. We …

Objective: To evaluate new strategies to enhance the promotion of smoking cessation in
general practice. Design: Cluster randomised trial, 2× 2 factorial design. Setting: 82 medical …

Background and objective. GPs are an important source of smoking cessation advice. This
research examined whether a model encouraging GP referral of patients who smoke to a …

Background Tobacco use by physicians represents a significant barrier in promoting
smoking cessation through physician interventions. To assess the need for and nature of …

Objective: to explore the midwife's role in providing education and support for changes in
smoking behaviour during usual primary maternity care. Design: a qualitative study using a …

Background: Physicians play a crucial role in promoting smoking cessation. However, there
are lack of data on Chinese doctors' knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, confidence and usual …