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Consultations for cervical smears in general practice: a missed opportunity for smoking cessation advice?
  1. MELISSA HOBBS
  1. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
  2. Central Sydney Area Health Service, Locked Bag 8
  3. Newtown, New South Wales 2042, Australia.
  4. mhobb@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
  5. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
  6. jward@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
  7. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  8. Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
  9. New South Wales, Australia.
  10. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
    1. JEANETTE WARD
    1. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
    2. Central Sydney Area Health Service, Locked Bag 8
    3. Newtown, New South Wales 2042, Australia.
    4. mhobb@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
    5. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
    6. jward@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
    7. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    8. Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
    9. New South Wales, Australia.
    10. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
      1. KATE D’ESTE
      1. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
      2. Central Sydney Area Health Service, Locked Bag 8
      3. Newtown, New South Wales 2042, Australia.
      4. mhobb@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
      5. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
      6. jward@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
      7. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
      8. Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
      9. New South Wales, Australia.
      10. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
        1. NEIL DONNELLY
        1. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
        2. Central Sydney Area Health Service, Locked Bag 8
        3. Newtown, New South Wales 2042, Australia.
        4. mhobb@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
        5. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit
        6. jward@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
        7. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
        8. Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
        9. New South Wales, Australia.
        10. Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit

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            Editor,—Consultations in general practice in which cervical smears are performed typically include more than one problem per encounter.1 Other than an earlier needs assessment involving consultations conducted by 23 trainees,2 no Australian studies have examined the provision of health promotion advice during consultations scheduled for a cervical smear. As the risks of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer are higher for women who smoke,3 the provision of smoking cessation advice would be especially opportune in these consultations.

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