Table 2.

Beliefs on physicians’ smoking cessation counseling.

Beliefs	Agree/strongly agree
	n	%
Medication is helpful for quitting smoking.	226	90.4
Smoking cessation counseling is effective.	225	90.0
Physicians should routinely advise their patients who smoke to quit smoking.	217	86.8
Physicians should receive special training on smoking cessation counseling.	207	82.8
Physicians should routinely ask about their patients’ smoking habits.	198	79.2
It is an important opportunity for smoking cessation counseling when patients apply to primary health care institutions.	189	75.6
If the physician advises the patient to quit smoking, the probability of the patient to quit smoking increases.	187	74.8
Physicians who smoke are less likely to advise people to quit smoking.	160	64.0
Primary health care institutions are a suitable place for smoking cessation counseling.	156	62.4