Table 3.

REPORTED BARRIERS TO PROVIDING TOBACCO CONTROL SERVICES TO ADOLESCENT PATIENTS AMONG 2006 SAMPLE OF US PEDIATRIC DENTISTS

Barrier items	No barrier (%)*	Partial barrier (%)	Strong barrier (%)
Don’t know what to say	30	23	47
Don’t know where to send patients for counseling	37	17	45
Feel patients are resistant to cessation services	16	42	43
Don’t feel like I can effectively help patients quit using tobacco	28	30	42
Most of my adolescent patients do not use tobacco	58	20	21
Lack of time	60	32	8
Have been unsuccessful in providing these services in past	71	22	7
Don’t feel this is appropriate for a pediatric dentist	84	10	6
Lack of adequate reimbursement	36	60	4
Did not occur to me to provide these services	36	60	4
Don’t have materials to hand out	27	70	2

^*Percentages in each row may not total 100 due to rounding.