The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Objective: This study is designed to determine the effectiveness and acceptability of general practitioners opportunistic antismoking interventions by considering a detailed account of smoker's experiences.

Methods: Qualitative semi structured interview study on two hundred and twenty young students of the university of Lagos participated in the smoking intervention study and were asked about initial smoking, attempts to quit, thoughts about future smoking, past experiences with the health services, and the most appropriate way for health services to help them and other smokers.

Results: Doctor – patient relationships can be damaged if doctors routinely advise all smokers to quit. where doctors intervene, a patient centred approach – one that determine how individual students view themselves as smokers and how funny are likely to react to various styles of intervention – this is the most acceptable.