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Does smoking status affect the likelihood of consulting a doctor
about respiratory symptoms? A pilot survey in Western Australia 
BMC Family Practice  2009;10:16. Smokers attribute respiratory
symptoms, even when severe, to everyday causes and not as
indicative of ill-health warranting medical attention. The aim
of this pilot study was to conduct a structured vignette survey
of people attending general practice to determine when they
would advise a person with respiratory symptoms to consult a
medical practitioner. Particular reference was made to smoking
status and lung cancer. Participants were recruited from two
general practices in Western Australia. Respondents were invited
to complete self-administered questionnaires containing nine
vignettes chosen at random from a pool of sixty four vignettes,
based on six clinical variables. Twenty eight vignettes
described cases with at least 5%