TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of the smoking behaviour and attitudes of smokers who attribute respiratory symptoms to smoking with those who do not. JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 132 LP - 134 VL - 52 IS - 475 AU - Nikki Walters AU - Tim Coleman Y1 - 2002/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/52/475/132.abstract N2 - General practitioners' (GPs') advice against smoking helps smokers to stop; unfortunately, GPs cannot predict which patients will quit following advice. This postal questionnaire survey suggests that where smokers attribute their respiratory symptoms to smoking, they are eight times (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.0-23.3) more likely to believe that their health will improve if they stop smoking and six times (95% CI = 1.4-23.3) more likely to intend to stop smoking. ER -