The Treatment of Smoking by US Physicians During Ambulatory Visits: 1994–2003
Anne N. Thorndike, MD, MPH,
Susan Regan, PhD and
Nancy A. Rigotti, MD
Anne N. Thorndike, Susan Regan, and Nancy A. Rigotti are with the General Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
FIGURE 1——US physicians rates of identifying patients smoking status at office visits: National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys, 1994–1996 and 2001–2003.
FIGURE 2——US physicians rates of providing smoking counseling and of reporting smoking cessation medications at office visits by smokers: National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys, 1994–1996 and 2001–2003.
aIncludes nicotine replacement therapy for all years and bupropion for the years 2001–2003.