CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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At a meeting with federal health minister Diane Marleau on Nov. 16, 1995, the CMA and other health organizations were told that the minister plans to propose comprehensive measures to limit the manufacture, sale and marketing of tobacco products. On Dec. 11, 1995, the minister announced a "Blueprint on Tobacco Control," which outlined the scope of her plan to introduce tobacco legislation in the spring. ⋯ It also advocates regulating tobacco as a hazardous product in the meantime. Physicians can take a wide variety of actions to intervene with patients and add their voice to antitobacco lobbying efforts in 1996.
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In 1994 the Ontario government passed one of the world's toughest packages of antitobacco legislation. The Tobacco Control Act places restrictions on who can sell tobacco products, provides for severe penalties for retailers who sell to minors, bans smoking in many public places and severely restricts the use of designated smoking areas in others. The province has had antismoking legislation before, but enforcement was lax; this time enforcement of the law, particularly as it concerns retailers who sell to minors, has been given priority Brenda Gibson asks if these tough new measures are working.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Effectiveness of notification and group education in modifying prescribing of regulated analgesics.
To compare the effectiveness of group education and notification with that of notification alone in modifying prescribing of regulated analgesics. ⋯ Group education and notification of prescriber status as well as notification alone significantly reduced prescribing of regulated analgesics. Hence, feedback on a physician's prescribing pattern may be a practical and less costly alternative to direct educational intervention in moderating the prescribing of regulated analgesics. The results do not, however, imply that notification is as effective as education in improving overall patient care. A follow-up study comparing the duration of the effect of the educational intervention with that of notification alone is warranted.