Table 2 Physician advice for smoking cessation.
| Advice for cessation | Medical school faculty | Residents | Community physicians | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| n = 44 | n = 24 | n = 95 | n = 60 | n = 97 | n = 127 | |
| In the last year, how many patients have you advised to give up smoking? | ||||||
| None | 11.6* | 0.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 9.5 | 6.4 |
| 1–10 patients | 25.6 | 35.3 | 29.3 | 24.6 | 23.2 | 28.8 |
| 11–20 patients | 2.3 | 23.5 | 15.2 | 12.3 | 15.8 | 12.0 |
| 21–30 patients | 9.3 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 7.4 | 14.4 |
| >30 patients | 51.2 | 29.4 | 34.8 | 38.6 | 44.2 | 38.4 |
| What kinds of patients do you usually advise not to smoke? | ||||||
| No one | 7.7 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| Only smokers | 46.2 | 61.9 | 29.8 | 40.4 | 29.5* | 44.1 |
| Patients with respiratory problems | 61.5 | 71.4 | 61.7 | 66.7 | 81.1 | 81.9 |
| Patients with heart problem | 61.5 | 66.7 | 55.3 | 68.4 | 74.7 | 75.6 |
| Patients with cancer | 43.6 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 45.6 | 42.1 | 38.6 |
| Patients with oral problems | 15.4 | 23.8 | 18.1 | 24.6 | 26.3 | 37.0 |
| Patients with diabetes | 15.4 | 23.8 | 22.3 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 35.4 |
| Patients with pregnant wife/children | 28.2 | 38.1 | 28.7* | 57.9 | 36.8* | 51.2 |
| All patients | 17.9 | 9.5 | 20.2 | 19.3 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| What percentage of patients who received your advice actually quit? | ||||||
| % responding I do not know | 76.2 | 90.9 | 79.6 | 86.0 | 76.3 | 84.3 |
| Estimated median % of patients who quit following advice | 45.0 | 40.0 | 22.5 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 |
*p<0.05 for distribution of characteristics between males and females.