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Table 2 Proportion of patients where cessation was raised in consultation, by audit (n = 893)

From: The impact of a GP clinical audit on the provision of smoking cessation advice

Characteristics

Audit 1

Audit 2

p

GP initiated cessation discussion

80%

78%

0.566

Assessed readiness to quit

94%

97%

0.008

Asked about previous unsuccessful attempts

40%

54%

0.002

Assessed nicotine dependence‡

38%

68%

0.001

  1. ‡ number of cigarettes per day and minutes after waking until first cigarette