TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of general practitioners (GPs), stratified by training method (n=69 GPs from 52 practices)

	ABC training	5As training	Total sample
Subjects n	32	37	69
Age years (mean±sd)	51.5±7.5	52.8±8.0	52.2±7.7
Sex
Female	56.3 (18)	48.7 (18)	52.2 (36)
Male	43.8 (14)	51.4 (19)	47.8 (33)
Years since becoming physician (mean±sd)	22.6±8.0	23.7±9.0	26.1±24.2
Years since established in practice (mean±sd)	11.4±8.6	13.5±9.2	12.5±8.9
Type of GP practice
Single practice	37.5 (12)	21.6 (8)	29.0 (20)
Any type of group practice	62.5 (20)	78.4 (29)	31.0 (49)
Area where GP practice is located
Rural area (<20 000 inhabitants)	3.1 (1)	5.4 (2)	4.4 (3)
Small city (>20 000 inhabitants)	3.1 (1)	5.4 (2)	4.4 (3)
City (<100 000 inhabitants)	31.3 (10)	13.5 (5)	21.7 (15)
Large city (>100 000 inhabitants)	62.5 (20)	75.7 (28)	69.6 (48)
Ever participated in training on delivering smoking cessation before=Yes	25.0 (8)	21.6 (8)	23.2 (16)
Current smoking status of GP
Daily smoker	3.1 (1)	0.0 (0)	1.5 (1)
Occasional smoker	15.6 (5)	5.4 (2)	10.1 (7)
Ex-smoker	21.9 (7)	32.4 (12)	27.5 (19)
Never-smoker	59.4 (19)	62.2 (23)	60.9 (42)

Data are presented as percentage (n), unless stated otherwise.