Open AccessPhysician′s practices and perspectives regarding tobacco cessation in a teaching hospital in Mysore City, Karnataka
Author(s) -
Mohammed Saud,
B Madhu,
K M Srinath,
N C Ashok,
M Renuka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.124710
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , family medicine , psychological intervention , quit smoking , descriptive statistics , tobacco use , descriptive research , nursing , environmental health , population , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Tobacco is a leading cause of disease and premature death. Most of the smokers visit a doctor for various health related ailments and thus such clinic visits provide many opportunities for interventions and professional tobacco cessation advice.