ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2007
Chinese physicians and their smoking knowledge, attitudes, and practices.
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- Effectiveness of a text-messaging-based smoking cessation intervention ("Happy Quit") for smoking cessation in China: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of additional follow-up telephone counseling in a smoking cessation clinic in Beijing and predictors of quitting among Chinese male smokers.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- The effect of a very brief smoking-reduction intervention in smokers who have no intention to quit: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Nicotine gum or patch treatment for smoking cessation and smoking reduction: a multi-centre study in Chinese physicians.Frontiers of medicine · 2014Trial
- Multiphase optimization implementation strategy for tobacco cessation interventions in primary care clinics: A cluster-randomized type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Probability and predictors of long-term smoking relapse among Chinese adult smokers: A longitudinal study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Nicotine dependence affects cardiopulmonary endurance and physical activity in college students in Henan, China.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Health-related quality of life in Hong Kong physicians up to 20 years post-graduation: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2023Article
- Psychological distress and smoking behaviors of Chinese college students: mediating effects of the dimensions of learning burnout.BMC psychology · 2022Article
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- The Cancer Risk among Physicians in Taiwan, a Population-Based Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation in China: A Single-Group Cohort Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Nomogram to predict successful smoking cessation in a Chinese outpatient population.Tobacco induced diseases · 2020Article
- Recent Survey Findings on Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Among Asians in New York City.Journal of community health · 2019Article
- Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation Practices among Physicians in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Tobacco - Use Prevalence, Exposure, Attitudes, Behaviour/Cessation, Curriculum among Health Professional Students in Mangalore City, Karnataka, India.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2019Article
- Compromised Air Quality and Healthcare Safety from Smoking inside Hospitals in Shantou, China.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundChina has the most smokers among the world's nations. Physicians play a key role in smoking cessation, but little is known about Chinese physicians and smoking.
methodsThis 2004 clustered randomized survey of 3552 hospital-based physicians from six Chinese cities measured smoking attitudes, knowledge, personal behavior, and cessation practices for patients. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of factors associated with asking about or advising against smoking were conducted in 2005 and 2006.
resultsSmoking prevalence was 23% among all Chinese physicians, 41% for men and 1% for women. Only 30% report good implementation of smoke-free workplace policies and 37% of current smokers have smoked in front of their patients. Although 64% usually advise smokers to quit, only 48% usually ask about smoking status, and 29% believe most smokers will follow their cessation advice. Less than 7% set quit dates or use pharmacotherapy when helping smokers quit. Although 95% and 89%, respectively, know that active or passive smoking causes lung cancer, only 66% and 53%, respectively, know that active or passive smoking causes heart disease. Physicians were significantly more likely to ask about or advise against smoking if they believed that counseling about health harms helps smokers quit and that most smokers would follow smoking-cessation advice.
conclusionsPhysician smoking cessation, smoke-free workplaces, and education on smoking-cessation techniques need to be increased among Chinese physicians. Strengthening counseling skills may result in more Chinese physicians helping smoking patients to quit. These improvements can help reduce the Chinese and worldwide health burden from smoking.
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