title: Smoking and giving of patient information by chest physicians.
abstract: A survey of the 115 members of the Norwegian Thoracic Society with a response rate of 94% yielded 17% smokers. Almost half of the smokers were cigar smokers only. Smoking was less prevalent among the younger physicians. All 83 physicians who answered the questionnaire recorded the smoking habits of their patients, and 99% of the doctors gave information to patients on the health hazards of smoking. However, only 22% of the physicians devoted more than 5 min to this work at each consultation. Physicians who were ex-smokers repeated questions on smoking habits and more often gave patients advice on drug treatment than non-smoking physicians.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D009664:Norway; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians; D000074606:Smoking Prevention