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Article: Is some provider advice on smoking cessation better than no advice? An instrumental variable analysis of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.(Preventive Care)
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- Health Services Research
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Despite much increased awareness of the health hazards of smoking, 23 percent of American adult population remain smokers in 2001 (National Center for Health Statistics 2003a). Although the majority (about two-thirds) of smoking adults had some contact with health care providers annually, physicians were advising patients to quit in only one out of five encounters with smokers (Thorndike et al. 1998), suggesting missed opportunities of provider intervention. What adds to the concern, other than the low rate of advice, is that health care providers are more likely to advise patients who are heavier smokers and/or who already have tobacco-related conditions such as heart ...