This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the
prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The BASICS model is a …

Background Primary care is an important setting in which to treat tobacco addiction.
However, the rates at which providers address smoking cessation and the success of that …

Objective: Physician-delivered advice to stop smoking is effective, but time demands often
reduce the number of smokers who receive assistance. We evaluated three nurse-assisted …

We assessed the impact of three conditions on one-year smoking cessation rates.
Physicians in 70 community general practices were randomly allocated by practice to one of …

Background. Until recently, Dutch general practitioners contributed little to tobacco control.
This is due to several factors, among which is the lack of a feasible intervention program for …

Background. Medical practitioners have considerable untapped potential to assist patients in
stopping smoking. However, marked deficits have been found in the amount and type of …

Background. While health care providers are often urged to refer smokers to a smoking
cessation pro gram, little information is available about patient ad herence to such advice …

Objective: To assess a “stage-of-change” oriented smoking cessation intervention for
infertile and pregnant women, compared with standard of care. Design: Randomized …

This article reviews the main methods of dissemination of interventions to doctors for the
benefit of patients who are smokers and excessive drinkers. Firstly, the modes of delivery of …

Background. Many primary care practices do not have systematic protocols to identify
patients who smoke or to encourage clinicians to provide smoking cessation advice. We …