Medical views in the United States on the effects of smoking have shifted dramatically since
the published evidence in 1958 established the link between smoking and fatal disease.
Today's physician should be a nonsmoking role model, whose workplace both directly and
indirectly teaches smoking cessation skills. Publications on smoking cessation techniques
from the National Institutes of Health along with intervention tools such as patient smoking
history questionnaires are available free of charge to physicians. Patient histories are critical …