How the Most Trusted Venues for Health-Related Information Influence Physician Referrals to Smoking Cessation Services

Table 1

Selected characteristics of physicians—DocStyles Survey, 2008.

Characteristics	𝑁	%	95% CI
Gender
Men	1,114	68.9	66.6–71.1
Women	503	31.1	28.9–33.4
Age (y)
18–35	327	20.2	18.3–22.3
36–45	637	39.4	37.0–41.8
46–55	452	28.0	25.8–30.2
56+	201	12.4	10.9–14.1
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	1,179	72.9	70.7–75.0
Non-Hispanic black	48	3.0	2.2–3.9
Hispanic	69	4.3	3.4–5.4
Non-Hispanic asian	248	15.3	13.7–17.2
Non-Hispanic other	73	4.5	3.6–5.6
Smoking status^a
Smoker	107	6.6	5.5–7.9
Nonsmoker	1,510	93.4	92.1–94.5
Refers to smoking cessation services^b
Always/usually/sometimes	690	42.7	40.3–45.1
Never/rarely	927	57.3	54.9–59.7
Total	1,617	—	—

^aSmoking status was dichotomized into smokers (1–7 days/week) and nonsmokers (0 days/week).
^bCessation services consist of telephone quitline, a smoking cessation class, or one-on-one counseling.