© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 21, 1789B,
November 3, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
MEMORANDUM FOR: Science Writers and Editors on the Journal Press List
Few Physicians Counsel Adolescents About Smoking
October 28, 1999 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE 4 P.M. EST November 2)
A vast majority of American physicians do not counsel their young patients about smoking, even though numerous professional groups encourage them to do so.
This information is presented in the November 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Anne Thorndike, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues at Harvard Medical School.
The authors worked with data from the National Ambulatory Medical