Table 2.

Physicians’ tobacco-related counseling practices (5 A’s)

Intervention	Frequency and percent of physicians who perform the intervention with:
	≥80% of patients 61–80% of patients 41–60% of patients 20–40% of patients <20% of patients
Ask about smoking status	92 (92.0%)	6 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)
Advise smoking patients to quit	83 (82.2%)	12 (11.9%)	4 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)
Assess willingness to quit	57 (57.0%)	26 (26.0%)	5 (5.0%)	6 (6.0%)	6 (6.0%)
Assist smoking patients	31 (32.0%)	16 (16.5%)	14 (14.4%)	10 (10.3%)	26 (26.8%)
Arrange follow-up for smoking patients	21 (21.4%)	11 (11.2%)	17 (17.3%)	13 (13.3%)	36 (36.7%)