Open AccessThe frequency of performing smoking cessation outpatient clinic in chest disease specialists who are members of Turkish Thoracic Society and factors affecting this performance
Author(s) -
Pınar Bostan,
Osman Elbek,
Oğuz Kılınç,
Şule Akçay,
Sibel Kıran
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.7589
Subject(s) - medicine , smoking cessation , turkish , christian ministry , family medicine , outpatient clinic , tobacco control , logistic regression , physical therapy , public health , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , theology , pathology
Although helping patients to stop smoking is a good clinical practice that has to be carried out by physicians everywhere and in every area, it is known that carrying out this help systematically in accordance to a programme in smoking cessation outpatient clinics significantly improves the chance of success.