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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:944-945.

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Forty-three percent of young children live in homes with at least 1 smoker.¹ The exposure of children to environmental tobacco smoke is associated with increased rates of lower respiratory illness, middle ear effusion, asthma, and sudden infant death syndrome.² Despite these morbidities, pediatricians do not routinely counsel parents in smoking cessation.³ Pediatricians have cited lack of time, lack of skills, and hesitancy to counsel or treat a parent as reasons for not counseling.⁴ The American Academy of Pediatrics (Elk Grove Village, Ill) has created a workshop to train pediatricians in smoking cessation counseling (SCC).⁵ The goal of such training is to change physician behavior; its effectiveness, however, has not been tested. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of physician training in SCC.

We invited pediatricians from 2 inner-city pediatric clinics of the same academic medical center to attend the American Academy of Pediatrics' "Clean Air for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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