“…A recent metaanalysis of nursing interventions for smoking cessation found modestly increased odds of quitting smoking (odds ratio [OR] = 1.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 95 1.22-1.51). These modest findings may be attributable to the fact that most of the interventions did not use "best practices," including NRT (Rice, 2006). However, the task force that developed the clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Clinical Practice Guidelines, estimated that the smoking cessation interventions by nonphysicians (dentists, health counselors, nurses, and pharmacists) were effective (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.3-2.1) (Fiore, Bailey, & Cohen, 2000).…”