The COMMIT dental model: tobacco control practices and attitudes

J Am Dent Assoc. 1993 Sep;124(9):92-104; discussion 106-8. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1993.0176.

Abstract

The National Cancer Institute's program to help dentists reduce tobacco use among their patients is part of the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation, a 22-community, randomly controlled trial of an intervention program for smoking cessation. Results of COMMIT baseline surveys of dentists in the 11 intervention communities are presented.

MeSH terms

  • Community Health Services / methods*
  • Community Health Services / trends
  • Dentists* / psychology
  • Dentists* / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Education
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Ontario
  • Organizational Policy
  • Physician's Role
  • Program Evaluation
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Smoking Cessation / methods*
  • Smoking Cessation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States