Receipt of evidence-based brief cessation interventions by health professionals and use of cessation assisted treatments among current adult cigarette-only smokers: National Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–2010

Table 2 Receipt of brief cessation intervention by current cigarette-only smokers — National Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–2010

Brief cessation intervention^a	Number	Percent^b
Did the health care professional …
ASK about current tobacco use
Yes	9520	88.3
No^c	1281	11.7
ADVISE to quit
Yes	7324	66.4
No^c	3477	33.6
ASSESS willingness to quit now
Yes	4787	43.4
No^c	6014	56.6
ASSIST by providing appropriate tobacco dependence treatment and intervene to increase motivation to quit^d
Yes	4356	38.6
No^c	6445	61.4
Provide specific ‘Assist’ options
Cessation medications^e	2835	24.9 %
Cessation materials^f	2645	24.4 %
Counseling^g	1934	17.8 %
Counseling and medication^h	1269	11.2 %
Set a quit dateⁱ	586	5.6 %
ARRANGE follow-up
Yes	642	6.3
No^c	10159	93.7

Note: Among all current cigarette-only smokers who reported seeing a doctor, dentist, nurse or other health professional in the past 12 months
^aData are presented in the standard 5A order
^bPercentage is weighted for age, sex race/ethnicity, and education. Weighted percentage refers to respondents who answered yes to using the selected cessation treatments
^cRefers to respondents who answered no, don’t know/not sure, refused, or didn’t respond to the question
^dNumbers for specific ‘Assisted’ interventions listed may not add to 38.6 % because multiple options could be selected
^eCessation medications refers to a nicotine patch, nicotine gum, lozenges, nasal spray, an inhaler, Wellbutrin, Zyban, Bupropion, Chantix, or Varenicline
^f‘Cessation materials refers to booklets, videos, or Web site addresses
^gCounseling refers to referral to a telephone quitline, a class or program, or one-on-one counseling
^hRefers to the mutually exclusive combination of counseling and cessation medication
ⁱSet a quit date refers to a health professional helping to set a date to quit

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