TY - JOUR T1 - Smoking cessation rate among outpatients at a cancer hospital JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 349 LP - 350 DO - 10.1136/tc.8.3.349a VL - 8 IS - 3 AU - NOBUYUKI HAMAJIMA AU - YOHKO KUROBE AU - KAZUO TAJIMA Y1 - 1999/09/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/8/3/349.2.abstract N2 - Editor,—We examined the smoking cessation rate among outpatients two months after their first visit to Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, where no programmed cessation support for smokers was provided. Subjects were first-visit outpatients who participated in a lifestyle questionnaire survey, HERPACC (Hospital-based Epidemiologic Research Program at Aichi Cancer Center)1 between 16 September 1997 and 11 September 1998. HERPACC identified 1304 smokers, of whom 1131 (86.7%) agreed to participate in the follow-up study. A brief questionnaire including questions on disease diagnosed (“cancer”, “non-cancerous disease”, “no … ER -