An intensive specific referral to a group smoking cessation program (counselling, videotape with testimonials and telephone call 1 week after referral) has also been shown to increase participation by patients in such programs (from 0.006% for those offered general advice to 11% for the intervention group in a study of 1380 smokers).<33> The authors recommend a brief office-based
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