Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The emergency department as a potential site for smoking cessation intervention: a randomized, controlled trial.
To assess the effect of physician counseling and referral on smoking cessation rates and attendance at a smoking cessation program. ⋯ The authors found no difference in the smoking cessation rates between ED patients who received written material and those who were counseled by emergency physicians. Referral of patients who smoked to a cessation program was unsuccessful.