Aims This study aimed to assess the effects of opportunistic brief physician advice to stop
smoking and offer of assistance on incidence of attempts to stop and quit success in …

Background Evidenced-based tobacco cessation treatments are underused, especially by
socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers. This contributes to widening socioeconomic …

Background Helping tobacco smokers to quit during a medical visit is a clinical and public
health priority. Research suggests that most health professionals engage their patients in at …

Importance Current tobacco use treatment approaches require smokers to request treatment
or depend on the provider to initiate smoking cessation care and are therefore reactive. Most …

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 …

Introduction Despite limitations in evidence, the current Clinical Practice Guideline
advocates Motivational Interviewing for smokers not ready to quit. This study evaluated the …

Introduction Most people who smoke cigarettes are not willing (ie, not ready) to make a quit
attempt (QA) at any given time. Unfortunately, interventions intended to increase QAs and …

BACKGROUND: Limited treatment options exist for smokers who are not ready to make a
quit attempt. Smoking reduction may be a viable treatment approach if proven to increase …

Aims To describe some of the variability across the world in levels of quit smoking attempts
and use of various forms of cessation support. Design Use of the International Tobacco …

Aims Despite the existence of effective cessation methods, the vast majority of smokers
attempt to quit on their own. To date, there is little evidence to explain the low adoption rates …