TABLE 4—

Types of Cessation Assistance Smokers Received From Physicians or Dentists: Minnesota HealthPartners Enrollees, 2004–2005

	Assistance From Physician, %	Assistance From Dentist, %
Asked about smoking status	63.8	33.8
Advised to quit	48.2	22.9
Interest in quitting assessed	32.4	10.4
Assisted in quitting
Asked about willingness to set quit date	5.8	2.7
Given self-help quitting material	13.3	2.4
Offered information on cessation classes/counseling	8.2	1.7
Referred for quit assistance	2.4	1.1
Recommended for cessation medication prescription	13.1	2.2
Given prescription for cessation medications	5.8	0.7
Follow-up visit or telephone call arranged	2.2	0.7

Note. These analyses were restricted to the 450 respondents who reported smoking at follow-up.