The need for smoking cessation counselling and nicotine with- drawal therapy for hospitalised patients: A smoking point preva- lence study at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

South Africa has high tobacco-attributable mortality and a smoking prevalence of 32.5% in males and 25.6% in females. There are limited data on smoking prevalence and desire to quit in hospitalised patients, who have limited access to smoking cessation services.