Background With the emerging role of pharmacists in implementing smoking cessation
services and the recent evidence about smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, a needs …

Objective This study addressed the potential role of pharmacists in helping their patients to
quit smoking by providing a summary of their self-reported levels of current activities …

Background With the rising interest in expanding pharmacists' role in smoking cessation, it is
pertinent that community pharmacists be equipped with up-to-date knowledge and …

Introduction Tobacco smoking is a significant public health problem, and remains the
leading cause of preventable, premature death in the United Kingdom (UK). In order to …

Background: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is now available without prescription, and
pharmacists have an opportunity to be the primary health care professionals advising …

Tobacco use is a global health challenge affecting both developed and developing nations.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 6 million people die …

Background: Lack of comprehensive training focusing on smoking cessation in the local
universities curricula may contribute to suboptimal smoking cessation counselling provision …

Objective To evaluate the efficiency and the effectiveness of a rural community pharmacy-
based smoking-cessation counselling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) initiative …

Smoking accounts for significant morbidity and mortality and has major economic
consequences for healthcare delivery throughout the world. Government policy such as …

Objective Community pharmacists are in an optimal position to provide smoking-cessation
services. Computer-based interventions that generate behavioural feedback materials …