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Director's Message
Report Highlights
Introduction
Trends-at-a-Glance
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Prevention
Smoking
Clinicians’ Advice to Quit Smoking
Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments
Diet
Weight and Physical Activity
Sun Protection
Secondhand Smoke
Chemical Exposures
Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures
Early Detection
Breast and Cervical Cancers
Colorectal Cancer
Diagnosis
Treatment
Bladder, Breast, Colorectal
Kidney, Lung, Ovarian, Prostate
Life After Cancer
End of Life
Prevention
Early Detection
Diagnosis
Treatment
Life After Cancer
End of Life


Summary Table: Prevention – Clinicians’ Advice to Quit Smoking

Only one measure per topic is displayed in the summary table. A complete set of measures, where they exist, can be found in the report.

Trend key: green - headed in the right direction
  red - headed in the wrong direction
  black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)
  blue - Healthy People 2020 target


  Doctor advice to
quit smoking
1992–2007
Dentist advice to quit smoking
1992–2010
Measure The percentage of adult smokers ages 18 and older, who have seen a physician in the past 12 months, reporting that a physician has advised them to quit smoking. The percentage of adult smokers ages 18 and older, who have seen a dentist in the past 12 months, reporting that a dentist has advised them to quit smoking.
Recent summary trend* Rising
2001/2002–2010
non-significant change
2001/2002–2010
Desired direction
Rising 
Rising 
Trend details Rising, then stable
Rising, then falling
Most recent estimate In 2010, 64.4 percent of smokers ages 18 and older - 63.0 percent of men and 65.7 percent of women - who had seen a physician during the past 12 months reported being advised by that doctor to quit smoking. In 2010, 29.8 percent of smokers ages 18 and older - 32.1 percent of men and 27.8 percent of women - who had seen a dentist during the past 12 months reported being advised by that dentist to quit smoking.
Healthy People 2020 target The Healthy People 2020 target for physicians' advice to quit smoking in office-based ambulatory care settings is 21.1 percent of visits. The target for ordered or provided tobacco counseling during hospital visits is 24.9 percent of visits. Healthy People 2020 targets for dentists' advice to quit smoking are still in development.
More information Health Professional Advice to Quit Smoking

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* Summary trend (generally 5 most recent years) as characterized by the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC).

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