he latest update from the Canadian Task Forceon the Periodic Health Examination
recommended" counselling about the risk of smoking and the smoking cessation strate-gies …

Massachusetts Medical Center): Smoking is the most common cause of preventable illness
and death in this country. 1 Responsible for approximately 500,000 deaths annually …

In the last few years we have become increasingly aware of the limited value of intensive
smoking intervention programs which reach relatively few smokers.'Most smokers who have …

I n his article" The pastures of Health and Welfare"(Can Med Assoc J 1985; 133: 85), David
Woods correctly reminds us of the effort being put forward by the Department of National …

Two studies conducted at the Ottawa Civic Hospital Family Medicine Centre indicate that
physicians are unlikely to help patients quit smoking merely by discussing cessation …

Background. Professional groups urge physicians to ag gressively counsel their patients
who smoke, but re search evaluating the effectiveness of physician counsel ing has …

FIRST OF ALL, I should begin by saying that I am not a doctor. My sole claim to credibility on
the subject of rehabilitating smokers lies in a single credential: in common with about one …

Smoking has been clearly identified as a causal or contributing factor in a number of chronic
diseases. A recent Surgeon General's report stated that smoking is the single most …

This article outlines the role which can be played by the family physician in assisting patients
to stop smoking. It stresses the idea of education into the non-smoking habit, and advocates …

Our purpose in this randomized clinical trial was to compare a two-visit smoking cessation
intervention by family physicians with the same intervention supplemented by additional …