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Brief smoking cessation interventions by family physicians in northwestern Ontario rural hospitals.(ORIGINAL ARTICLE/ARTICLE ORIGINAL)(Survey)

Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine

| March 22, 2009 | Smith, Patricia M.; Sellick, Scott M.; Brink, Peter; Edwardson, Alan D. | COPYRIGHT 2009 Canadian Medical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

INTRODUCTION

We report on physicians' beliefs, confidence and clinical practice relative to the provision of smoking cessation interventions to in-patients in northwestern (NW) Ontario rural hospitals. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature morbidity and mortality in developed countries, (1,2) and a substantial number of hospital admissions in Canada are attributable to tobacco-related diseases. (3) The provision of smoking cessation interventions to patients who are admitted to hospital has the potential to have a major impact on health and the costs and use of health care. Immediate benefits include significantly fewer intraoperative and ...

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