Table 1: Status of British Columbia general practitioners (GPs) in the database of the BC doctors' Stop-Smoking Program (n = 2850), May 1995
							No. (and %)
Status		Definition				  of GPs

Active Physician is committed to 655 (23) using a systematic approach to clinical intervention in tobacco use, in addition to using patient-education materials provided by the program
Semi-active Physician uses only the 258 (9) program's patient-education materials
Kit only Physician is trained in clinical 706 (25) intervention in tobacco use but is not known to be implementing intervention
None Physician has no recorded 1231 (43) contact with program

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