A Systematic Literature Review of Self-Reported Smoking Cessation Counseling by Primary Care Physicians.

Tobacco consumption is a risk factor for chronic diseases and worldwide around six million people die from long-term exposure to first- or second-hand smoke annually. One effective approach to tobacco control is smoking cessation counseling by primary care physicians. However, research suggests that...

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Main Authors: Anna-Lena Bartsch, Martin Härter, Jasmin Niedrich, Anna Levke Brütt, Angela Buchholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5176294?pdf=render