Table A3.
Part Three: Smoking Cessation Practice
| In the past month of practice, how frequent did you perform the following? | Always | Usually | Sometimes | Seldom | Never |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Asked patients about their smoking status. | |||||
| 2. Advised patients to quit smoking. | |||||
| 3. Advised patients on the use of gum or patch to quit smoking. | |||||
| 4. Advised patients on the use of varenicline to quit smoking. | |||||
| 5. Assessed patients’ readiness to quit smoking. | |||||
| 6. Assisted patients in quitting by counseling them on behavioral techniques for quitting. | |||||
| 7. Assisted patients in quitting by giving them educational materials related to quitting smoking. | |||||
| 8. Arranged follow up with patients to assess their progress in quitting smoking. | |||||
| 9. Referred smokers to doctors in smoking cessation clinics. | |||||
| 10. Referred smokers to non-doctors (e.g., alternative therapies as acupuncture). | |||||
| 11. Provided patients or family members with smoking cessation counseling. |