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Table 3 Interest in Counseling Styles

From: Patient preferences for emergency department-initiated tobacco interventions: a multicenter cross-sectional study of current smokers

Counselor

Likert scale score (%)

Any interest

(> 3 on Likert scale)

% (95% CI)

 

1

(not at all interested)

2

3

4

5

(extremely interested)

 

Tells you that you should be ashamed of yourself for smoking

63

7

14

5

11

16 (12-20)

Shows pictures of people's lungs after they have smoked for years to try to scare you into quitting

35

9

21

11

25

36 (31-41)

Tells you that you should quit immediately

25

10

27

9

29

38(33-43)

Explains that you are addicted to nicotine

27

8

25

11

29

40(35-45)

Explains risks of smoking

24

9

27

10

31

41 (36-46)

Helps identify your reasons for quitting and barriers that prevent you from quitting

14

10

25

16

35

51 (46-56)

Helps identify high-risk situations and teaches you how to avoid smoking in these situations

16

6

26

17

36

53 (47-58)

Tells you that it is your choice of when and how you quit

18

6

23

14

39

53 (48-58)

Provides health assessment and feedback on how smoking has already affected your health

15

8

24

14

40

54 (49-59)