TABLE 2.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Principal Components Factor Analysis Results

			Components
Variable	Ma	SD	“Identify”b	“Counsel”c
1. ask new patients whether they are current tobacco users	3.82	1.39	.82	.14
2. ask non-smokers if they have ever smoked	3.09	1.55	.82	.05
3. advise current tobacco users that they should quit	3.16	1.38	.66	.38
4. assess current tobacco users for their willingness to quit	3.16	1.39	.72	.43
5. use brief motivational interventions to increase willingness to quitd	2.78	1.34	.55	.60
6. develop a “quit plan” for patients interested in quitting their tobacco use	2.58	1.43	.43	.66
7. provide patients with self-help materials about tobacco cessation	2.92	1.44	.19	.82
8. give patients the number of a quit-line	2.56	1.49	.06	.74
9. encourage patients to recognize triggers of tobacco use	3.04	1.42	.27	.84
10. emphasize development of coping skills to deal with tobacco craving	3.02	1.40	.21	.87
11. focus on risks of continue tobacco use and rewards of quitting	3.18	1.38	.27	.84
12. provide encouragement for patients’ efforts to quit tobacco use	3.52	1.34	.31	.80
13. offer positive feedback as patients work toward tobacco cessation goals	3.61	1.34	.30	.77
Cronbach’s alpha			.82	.94

^aScale of 1 = never, 2 = not often, 3 = occasionally, 4 = most times, 5 = always;

^bIdentify patients who are interested in quitting;

^cCounsel and support patients who are interested in quitting;

^dOmitted from subsequent analyses due to cross-loading.