Missed opportunities for smoking cessation counseling in primary healthcare settings: a qualitative study in Armenia

Introduction Physicians miss many opportunities to provide smoking cessation counseling despite patient interest and demonstrated efficacy of brief counseling in routine clinical care. The study aimed to reveal what influences primary healthcare physicians’ (PHPs) decision to discuss smoking cessati...

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Main Authors: Armine Abrahamyan, Arusyak Harutyunyan, Varduhi Petrosyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/Missed-opportunities-for-smoking-cessation-counseling-in-primary-healthcare-settings-a-qualitative-study-in-Armenia,70242,0,2.html