Table 2.

Characteristics of Thoracic Surgeons Who Require Patients to Quit and Those Who Do Not

	Surgeons Require Patients to Quit Smoking
	Yes	No
Surgeon Characteristics	n (%)	n (%)	p Value
Practice type			0.8
General thoracic surgery	66 (82.5)	101 (84.2)
Cardiothoracic surgery with mostly cardiac cases	14 (17.5)	19 (15.8)
Practice setting			0.4
University/academic	52 (65.0)	85 (70.8)
Private/health maintenance organization	28 (35.0)	35 (29.2)
Years in practice			0.8
0–9	25 (31.3)	38 (31.7)
10–19	26 (32.5)	43 (35.8)
≥20	29 (36.3)	39 (32.5)
Age, years			0.6
30–39	4 (5.0)	9 (7.5)
40–49	31 (38.8)	57 (47.5)
50–59	30 (37.5)	35 (29.2)
60–69	13 (16.3)	17 (14.2)
≥70	2 (2.5)	2 (1.7)
Sex			0.2
Female	17 (14.2)	17 (21.3)
Male	63 (78.8)	103 (85.8)