An Audit of Smoking Behaviours Among Patients Attending Two General Dental Practices in South Wales: An Awareness-Raising Exercise for the Dental team and Patients

Wayne Richards; Gary Higgs

An Audit of Smoking Behaviours Among Patients Attending Two General Dental Practices in South Wales: An Awareness-Raising Exercise for the Dental team and Patients

Wayne Richards, Gary Higgs

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Abstract

This audit aimed to quantify the number of smokers attending two general dental practices. It also aimed to establish the demographic characteristics of these smokers in terms of age, gender and deprivation status, and to raise the awareness of practice staff about smoking cessation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79 - 82
Number of pages	3
Journal	Primary Dental Care
Volume	17
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2010

Keywords

smoking audits
deprivation
geographical information systems

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An Audit of Smoking Behaviours Among Patients Attending Two General Dental Practices in South Wales: An Awareness-Raising Exercise for the Dental team and Patients

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