Background The increasing involvement of pharmacists in public health will require changes
in the behaviour of both pharmacists and the general public. A great deal of research has …

Pharmacists may be effective health care practitioners to deliver smoking cessation
interventions. This paper examines the short-term outcomes of smokers randomized to one …

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 …

Objectives A preliminary qualitative study was conducted to identify key facilitators and
barriers for pharmacists' adoption of a brief tobacco-cessation protocol, Ask-Advise-Refer …

Background Guidelines on smoking cessation (SC) emphasize healthcare cooperation and
community pharmacists' involvement. This study explored the familiarity and implementation …

Abstract Pharmacists in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island were
surveyed in 2002 regarding their professional involvement in smoking cessation. In all …

Abstract Treatment of tobacco-related health conditions have increasingly become a
significant part of nursing practice and nurses are being challenged to also provide …

Objective To evaluate the types of cognitive services offered and the number of patients
being served in community pharmacies, determine the number of pharmacies that plan to …

Although nurses are encouraged to address patients' tobacco use, the integration of tobacco
reduction into practice has not been consistent. An organizational behavior perspective was …

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products are the most commonly used smoking
cessation (SC) pharmacotherapy. This study explored the deregulation of NRT products …