Knowledge, attitude, practice and perceived barriers towards smoking cessation services among community pharmacists

S Sakka, TN Al-Shatanawi, DZ Bataineh… - Pharmacy …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: With more than one billion current smokers, 80% of them living in low and
middle-income countries, tobacco smoking is considered a global public health problem …

Smoking cessation counseling in Qatar: community pharmacists' attitudes, role perceptions and practices

MS El Hajj, RR Al Nakeeb, RA Al-Qudah - International journal of clinical …, 2012 - Springer
Background Smoking is a major public health problem in Qatar. The potential for community
pharmacists to offer smoking cessation counseling in this country can be high. Objectives To …

Community Pharmacies' Promotion of Smoking Cessation Support Services in Saudi Arabia: Examining Current Practice and Barriers

F Alzahrani, Y Sandaqji, A Alharrah, R Alblowi… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Community pharmacists' interventions have been found to be highly effective.
However, to date, there has been little information about pharmacists' potential roles and …

Toward pharmacy-based smoking cessation services in Nigeria: Knowledge, perception and practice of community pharmacists

W Akande-Sholabi, YA Adebisi - Population Medicine, 2021 - eprints.gla.ac.uk
Introduction: Worldwide, tobacco smoking is one of the leading causes of avoidable deaths.
In Nigeria, there is currently no clinical guidelines for tobacco dependence treatment …

Tobacco cessation through community pharmacies: knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers among pharmacists in Penang

NA Taha, O Guat Tee - Health Education Journal, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Tobacco cessation is the primary goal of tobacco control measures. Community
pharmacists are possible providers of tobacco cessation counselling due to their close …

A pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program in Qatar: an exploration of pharmacists' and patients' perspectives of the program

MS El Hajj, SAS Sheikh Ali, A Awaisu, R Saleh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Tobacco use is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. An intensive
pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program was implemented in eight primary care …

A national survey of community pharmacists on smoking cessation services in Thailand

S Chinwong, D Chinwong - Pharmacy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Providing smoking cessation services is one role of community pharmacists in Thailand.
This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate activities and barriers related to smoking …

Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward smoking cessation among hospital pharmacists in Taiwan

JC Chang, YY Lee, LN Kuo, PY Hsiao… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Prior studies on pharmacists and smoking cessation have focused on
community-based professionals. The purpose of this study was to survey the knowledge …

Prevalence of smoking and attitude toward smoking cessation among community pharmacists, Saudi Arabia

MN Al-Arifi - Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Although the percentage of the population that smokes has declined in the US
and other countries, it is increasing in Third World countries. In Saudi Arabia, despite …

Effects of educational interventions on the smoking cessation service provided by community pharmacists: A systematic review

JR Appalasamy, A Selvaraj, YH Wong, JA Dujaili… - Research in Social and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of educational
interventions on the smoking cessation service provided by community pharmacists …