TABLE 1.
Extensiveness of Counselors’ Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Tobacco Cessation
| Variable | Never | Not Often |
Occas. | Most times |
Always |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 N (%) |
2 N (%) |
3 N (%) |
4 N (%) |
5 N (%) |
|
| 1. ask new patients whether they are current tobacco users | 63 (10) | 68 (11) | 80 (13) | 110 (18) | 292 (48) |
| 2. ask non-smokers if they have ever smoked | 133 (22) | 124 (20) | 88 (14) | 84 (14) | 180 (30) |
| 3. advise current tobacco users that they should quit | 105 (17) | 88 (15) | 161 (26) | 123 (20) | 135 (22) |
| 4. assess current tobacco users for their willingness to quit | 96 (16) | 108 (18) | 148 (24) | 111 (18) | 144 (24) |
| 5. use brief motivational interventions to increase willingness to quit | 144 (24) | 122 (20) | 154 (25) | 111 (18) | 81 (13) |
| 6. develop a “quit plan” for patients interested in quitting their tobacco use | 190 (31) | 144 (24) | 106 (17) | 80 (13) | 93 (15) |
| 7. provide patients with self-help materials about tobacco cessation | 145 (24) | 111 (18) | 121 (20) | 119 (19) | 117 (19) |
| 8. give patients the number of a quit-line | 213 (35) | 123 (20) | 95 (15) | 78 (13) | 102 (17) |
| 9. encourage patients to recognize triggers of tobacco use | 123 (20) | 108 (18) | 130 (21) | 121 (20) | 128 (21) |
| 10. emphasize development of coping skills to deal with tobacco craving | 117 (19) | 116 (19) | 127 (21) | 126 (21) | 119 (20) |
| 11. focus on risks of continue tobacco use and rewards of quitting | 99 (16) | 98 (16) | 152 (25) | 121 (20) | 143 (23) |
| 12. provide encouragement for patients’ efforts to quit tobacco use | 74 (12) | 64 (10) | 136 (22) | 150 (25) | 189 (31) |
| 13. offer positive feedback as patients work toward tobacco cessation goals | 70 (11) | 60 (10) | 115 (19) | 163 (27) | 204 (33) |