Physicians discuss the risks of smoking with their patients, but seldom offer practical cessation support

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Keto, Jaana ^a   Jokelainen, Jari ^a,b   Timonen, Markku ^a   Linden, Kari ^c   Ylisaukko oja, Tero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Nicotine; Nicotine replacement therapy; Primary care; Secondary care; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Withdrawal medication

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84959247010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13011-015-0039-9     Document Type: Article

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