title: The role of the dental team in the promotion of smoking cessation.
abstract: Dentists and their support staff are in an ideal position to help patients cut down or stop smoking. In this paper Professor Palmer and Dr Newton review the literature on the promotion of smoking cessation in dental settings so that members of the dental team will feel more confident about helping and assisting patients to reduce their smoking habits.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Dental Public Health, UMDS.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003797:Dental Staff; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012380:Role; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*