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Also, participants identified as at risk by the IVR assessments and automatically transferred to a coach failed to remain on the line to receive cessation counselling at the anticipated rate.
In the no coverage group, the larger loss to follow-up may reflect real-life experience of smokers who receive cessation counselling, but do not complete their quit attempt because of lack of coverage.
This practice involved non-obligatory completion of three checkboxes on an admission form by the admitting doctor, indicating whether the patient is a smoker and if so, how many cigarettes were smoked per day and pack years and whether the patient wanted to receive cessation support.
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We may, therefore, have underestimated the proportion of smokers in fact receiving cessation advice.
Participants received cessation support in groups that included smokers who had not enrolled in the trial.
Approximately two-thirds of practitioners responding were interested in receiving cessation training.
Twenty-nine per cent of prisoners also indicated that not receiving cessation support from prison staff prevented them from quitting smoking.
Moreover, a survey of patients in independent dental practices and HMO clinics revealed that 40 67% of ST users reported interest in receiving cessation from their dentists.
The survey queried: years in practice, which CAM disciplines are practiced, prior tobacco cessation training, screening for tobacco use, cessation advice, interest in receiving cessation training, and interest in research participation.
There were no urban-rural differences on having received cessation training (11% overall had training), having community-based cessation resources in the hospital (27%), or policies to provide cessation counselling (36%).
Another limitation is the low response rate of chiropractors and massage therapists in Step 2. It is possible that the high proportion of respondents with no previous cessation training, and an interest in receiving cessation training is over estimated.
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