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Randomized controlled trial of a computer-based, tailored intervention to increase smoking cessation counseling by primary care physicians.

J Gen Intern Med · 2007 · PMC1829425 · PMID 17372796

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did not reach statistical significancep < .05actually significant
Intervention patients were 1.77 (CI 0.94, 3.34, p = 0.078) times more likely than controls to be abstinent (12 versus 8%), a difference that approached, but did not reach statistical significance, and surpassed controls on number of days quit (18.4 versus 12.2, p < .05) but not on number of quit attempts.

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