Table 1.

Characteristics of registered providers

	Medical providers		Dental providers
	n/N (N = 155)	%	n/N (71)
Sex
Female	129	83.3	61	85.9
Male	26	16.7	10	14.1
Age
19–34	59	38.1	19	26.8
35–54	71	45.8	43	60.5
55–64	22	14.2	9	12.7
65+	3	1.9	0	0
Race
White	112	72.3	65	91.6
African American	18	11.6	3	4.2
Other	25	16.1	3	4.2
Do you smoke cigarettes?
No I never was a smoker	104	67.1	55	77.5
No I am an EX-smoker	34	21.9	11	15.5
Yes I smoke occasionally (NOT every day)	7	4.5	1	1.4
Yes I smoke cigarettes everyday	8	5.2	3	4.2
I am uncomfortable with counseling my smoking patients about quitting
Strongly agree	17	11.0	8	11.3
Agree	15	9.7	11	15.5
Neither/nor disagree	16	10.3	9	12.7
Disagree	47	30.3	26	36.6
Strongly disagree	60	38.7	17	23.9
I sometimes do not have time to counsel my smoking patients about quitting
Strongly agree	11	7.1	3	4.2
Agree	37	23.9	32	45.1
Neither/nor disagree	31	20.0	12	16.9
Disagree	48	31.0	17	23.9
Strongly disagree	28	18.0	7	9.9
My patients’ acute problems take precedence over smoking cessation counseling
Strongly agree	8	5.2	4	5.6
Agree	34	21.9	23	32.4
Neither/nor disagree	78	50.3	25	35.2
Disagree	27	17.4	15	21.1
Strongly disagree	8	5.2	4	5.6
I believe that my patients will be willing to be referred
Strongly agree	39	25.1	14	19.7
Agree	101	65.2	43	60.6
Neither/nor disagree	13	8.4	13	18.3
Disagree	2	1.3	1	1.4
Strongly disagree	0	0	0	0
I believe my patients, once referred, will go
Strongly agree	19	12.3	8	11.3
Agree	96	61.9	36	50.7
Neither/nor disagree	37	23.9	25	35.2
Disagree	2	1.3	2	2.8
Strongly disagree	1	0.6	0	0
I believe that the online educational system will be of value to my patients
Strongly agree	53	34.2	24	33.8
Agree	89	57.4	42	59.2
Neither/nor disagree	13	8.4	5	7.0
Disagree	0	0	0	0
Strongly disagree	0	0	0	0