Table 2.
U.S. health professionals’ self-report of asking, advising, assessing, assisting, and arranging follow-up on tobacco use
| Primary care physician (n = 437) | Emergency medicine (n = 408) | psychiatry (n = 400) | Registered nurse (n = 388) | Dentist (n = 391) | Dental hygienist (n = 377) | Pharmacist (n = 403) | |
| Ever ask if patient smokesa,b | 427 (97.7) | 406 (99.5) | 382 (95.4) | 339 (87.3) | 350 (89.7) | 358 (95.0) | N/Ac |
| Advises smokers to stop smokinga | 405 (94.9) | 331 (81.7) | 305 (80.3) | 222 (65.6) | 243 (70.6) | 277 (77.5) | N/Ac |
| Assesses smokers if interested in quittinga | 361 (84.8) | 158 (38.7) | 276 (72.7) | 175 (52.2) | 171 (49.6) | 234 (65.6) | N/Ac |
| Assists smokers to quit | |||||||
| Sets quit datea | 257 (63.7) | 65 (16.4) | 103 (28.9) | 78 (24.5) | 60 (18.1) | 88 (25.4) | N/Ac |
| Refer cessation programa | 203 (46.7) | 107 (26.1) | 161 (40.0) | 132 (34.0) | 94 (23.6) | 142 (37.7) | 130 (32.3) |
| Provides material with quitline informationa | 235 (54.5) | 121 (29.1) | 119 (30.0) | 191 (49.4) | 88 (22.7) | 139 (36.8) | 195 (48.4) |
| Discuss medicationa | 289 (68.5) | 59 (14.5) | 242 (63.8) | N/Ac | 79 (22.6) | N/Ac | N/Ac |
| Arranges follow-upa | 98 (23.1) | 5 (1.3) | 76 (20.6) | 27 (8.0) | 16 (5.1) | 22 (6.1) | N/Ac |
Note. a F tests for bivariate analyses of action across health professional subgroups are all p < .01.
b
Response to this question is either “yes” or “no,” whereas all other responses reflect “always” or “often.”
c
N/A = question not asked of this health professional group in the survey.