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Practice Commentary

Patrick E. McBride, MD, MPH

Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(2):172.

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

The following is from an interview with a patient in our practice who stopped smoking in January 1996: "I am 31 years old and have smoked for just over 7 years. My wife and I tried to stop smoking 1 year ago and were successful together for 6 months. I had a cigarette I day under stress and started smoking again. One week later, I was smoking a pack of cigarettes per day and my wife started smoking again, too.

Several years ago, my clinic started having the physician's assistant asking regularly on my visits if I smoked while putting me in the examination room. My physician would offer me help each time and gave me literature that helped me get ready to quit. My wife and I made up our minds to quit together, and I went in to see my physician. He discussed several options with me . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]


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University of Wisconsin Medical School Madison






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