U.S., June 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07650721) titled 'Smoking Cessation Counseling Performance Among Medical Interns' on June 11.
Brief Summary: Smoking remains one of the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and is strongly associated with chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and premature death. Physicians play a central role in tobacco control through the delivery of smoking cessation counseling, and even brief physician advice has been shown to significantly increase smoking quit rates. The evidence-based 5A's model (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange) is widely recommended as the standard framework for smoking cessation cou...