Table 2.

Percentage of Dentists Who Reported Performing “Often/Almost Always” for Patients Ready to Quit

Behavior* (n = 265)	%
Ask reasons for quitting	39
Provide written materials on quitting	20
Assess patterns of tobacco use	18
Assess level of nicotine dependence	11
Assess for symptoms of depression	4
Help set a quit date	6
Suggest ways to cope with temptation to use	19
Encourage to tell others for support	18
Recommend nicotine replacement therapy	36
Prescribe sustained-release Buproprion (e.g., Zyban)	3
Offer in-office tobacco cessation assistance	2
Refer to a toll-free telephone tobacco quitline	7
Fax patients’ consent form to quitline so that they can be contacted by a telephone counselor for help in quitline	1
Refer to external tobacco quit program	6

^*Scored 3 or 4 (Often/Almost Always) on a 4-point scale ranging from 1 = ”Almost Never” to 4 = ”Almost Always.”