Integrating the "Ottawa Model" for Smoking Cessation Into Primary Care Practice

A multi-component intervention has been designed to facilitate the uptake of the OMSC using best evidence regarding the integration of smoking cessation intervention into primary care practice. The secondary objective of the study is to examine the incremental value of providing tailored performance feedback to primary care practitioners when delivered as part of the OMSC intervention program.

Practice Inclusion Criteria:

• Is a primary care practice (family health team, family health group, family health network, community health centre);
• Has a minimum of five full time physicians on staff or sees an average of 50 patients per day;
• All physicians within the practice are willing to participate in the study.

Practice Exclusion Criteria:

• Primary care practices with less than 5 family physicians in a shared clinic space will be excluded.
• Clinics who have already implemented the OMSC will also be excluded.

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

• Current smoker (>5 cigarette per day on most days of the week);
• 18 years of age or older;
• Scheduled for an annual exam or non-urgent medical appointment with a physician or nurse practitioner;
• Able to read and understand English or French;
• Has a home or mobile telephone which can be used to receive follow-up telephone counselling calls;
• Has the mental capacity to provide informed consent and complete study protocols.

Patient Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to read and understand English or French;
• Do not have a home or mobile telephone which can be used to receive follow-up calls;
• Do not have the mental capacity to provide informed consent and complete study protocols.