Smoking cessation counseling in primary care settings: Cross-sectional views from patients and dentists as key stakeholders.

Researchers compared attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling by dentists between Iranian dentists and patients, finding that non-smokers in both groups held more positive views, and that employment status and family smoking history influenced patient receptiveness to this intervention.

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