What keeps healthcare professionals from advising their patients who smoke to quit? A large-scale cross-sectional study

Background Quit-advice provided by healthcare professionals effectively increases quit rates. Tobacco dependence treatment guidelines therefore recommend providing quit-advice to all patients who smoke (PWS), however, many healthcare professionals do not advise PWS to quit. This results in worse pa...

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Main Authors: Eline Meijer, Rianne Van der Kleij, Niels Chavannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/What-keeps-healthcare-professionals-from-advising-their-patients-who-smoke-to-quit,83858,0,2.html