… All health professionals would like to help smokers quit smoking. This article will review the
specific role physicians can play in bringing about the cessation of smoking by their patients. …

… program and considering all subjects not present at … smoking cessation; smoking cessation
is not compensated by third-party payers; physicians have little training in smoking cessation …

… physicians believe in the importance of addressing smoking … barriers influence physician
readiness to adopt smoking cessation … For example, use of a program consisting of telephone …

… of smokers and delivery of 5 types of smoking cessation counseling interventions by physicians
… -based sample of adult cigarette smokers (N=3037) who saw a physician in the last year. …

… program including post-operative patient care, the optimization of medical treatment, nutritional
counseling, smoking cessation, risk … , primary care physicians’ involvement is thought to …

… of all smokers who try to quit seek advice from their physician.… smoke could be reached
annually with a smoking cessation … Program success 12 months after the initiation of intervention …

… a continuing medical education program on the attitudes of physicians and their intentions
to counsel their patients about smoking cessation. Physicians were identified retrospectively …

… This paper presents a review of the literature on compliance with physician advice to quit
smoking … A smoking cessation program for pregnant women: An exploratory study. Amer. J. …

… to these data, it can be recommended that physicians give brief advice on smoking cessation
to … A crucial part of the programme to help smokers quit is to arrange scheduled visits after …

… macologic philosophies and a structured relapse prevention program (6). The program
emphasizes the interactions among the physician, the patient, and the nicotine dependence …