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 …

Objective To determine the prevalence and characteristics of current cigarette smokers who
report receiving health care provider interventions ('5A's': ask, advise, assess, assist …

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 Although healthcare providers are well placed to help smokers quit,
implementation of smoking cessation care is still suboptimal. The Ask-Advise-Refer tasks …

Objective The primary care visit represents an important venue for intervening with a large
population of smokers. However, physician adherence to the Smoking Cessation Clinical …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the effectiveness of interventions to disseminate
smoking cessation interventions among a population of primary care physicians. This study's …

Aims To test the efficacy of (i) computer‐generated tailored letters and (ii) practitioner‐
delivered brief advice for smoking cessation against an assessment‐only condition; and to …

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

Background. Despite the cost-effectiveness of physician smoking cessation counseling,
many physicians do not adhere to current clinical practice guidelines. Methods. A cross …

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