Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Mar 2001
Comparative Study[The physician and the patient in the decision to quit smoking. Effect of the initiative on the result of the intervention].
The results obtained from treatment of smoking addiction are not all that might be desired, such that continued investigation of the various factors that determine treatment success or failure are necessary. The aim of this study was to know the influence of health care providers in the smoking cessation process. ⋯ Intervention among smokers should be as strong among those who ask for help as among those who have not yet contemplated quitting; progress to another phase in the abandonment process, so that efforts to achieve total cessation can be approached at a later time, should be considered a therapeutic success.