What are the questions that research needs to answer?
- Is smoking cessation an essential task for primary care?
- Do existing guidelines meet the needs of primary care?
- Can adherence to guidelines be improved in primary care?
- How can doctors' awareness of the importance of smoking cessation be increased?
- What are the barriers to treatment?
- How can doctors' knowledge and skills in identifying and treating tobacco dependence be improved?
- What are patients' expectations in regard to treatment and support?
- How do therapies work in primary care - which intervention will really help?
- What is the effect of case-finding in primary care and does it have any influence on smoking behaviour?
- Which patients should be referred to secondary care and when should this be done?
- What low cost interventions exist to reduce smoke-related lung disease including both smoking cessation and environmental interventions such as reductions in indoor cooking smoke?
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