 A comparison of cessation counseling received by current smokers at us dentist and physician offices during 2010-2011I.T. Agaku, O.A. Ayo-Yusuf and C.I. Vardavas American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 8, e67-e75 Abstract: Objectives. We compared patient-reported receipt of smoking cessation counseling from US dentists and physicians. Methods. We analyzed the 2010 to 2011 Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey to assess receipt of smoking cessation advice and assistance by a current smoker from a dentist or physician in the past 12 months. Results. Current adult smokers were significantly less likely to be advised to quit smoking during a visit to a dentist (31.2%) than to a physician (64.8%). Among physician patients who were advised to quit, 52.7% received at least 1 form of assistance beyond the simple advice to quit; 24.5% of dental patients received such assistance (P Keywords: adult; aged; article; comparative study; dentist; directive counseling; female; health care survey; human; male; methodology; middle aged; physician; smoking; smoking cessation; statistics; United States; young adult, Adult; Aged; Dentists; Directive Counseling; Female; Health Care Surveys; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Physicians; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; United States; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302049_7 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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