Original Research

Physicians’ Advice to Quit Smoking

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Tobacco cessation has received increasing attention, especially because the effectiveness of counseling and pharmacotherapy has been unequivocally demonstrated during the past several years. However, this study reveals a troubling lack of improvement in physicians’ cessation advice during this time. Sometimes 50% means the glass is half full. However, given the serious health consequences of tobacco use and the demonstrated benefit of physicians’ advice to quit,6-10 in this situation the glass remains half empty.

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Our study was funded in part through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation under its Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization Program.

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