& of GPs using
							 intervention
Intervention component					  component
Regularly ask patients who smoke whether
they are ready to stop						90
Give patients printed information on how to
stop smoking							86
Formally set a target (quit) date with
patients who smoke						68
Give brief counselling when prescribing the
nicotine patch or nicotine gum					62
Begin asking patients 13 years of age or
younger about smoking						62
Use adhesive labels on patient records to
indicate smoking-cessation status				59
Give patients printed information on
conditions caused by smoking					39
Involve office staff in intervention				33
Use rubber follow-up stamp					15
Use target-date form (multiple copies, one
of which is for the patient)					15
Keep track of number of smokers who stop			10
*of 300 responses received, 11 physicians (4%) indicated they were
dropping out of the program; therefore, proportions are calculated
out of the remaining 289 respondents.