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 …

Smoking increases the risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Smoking cessation
before surgery reduces the risk of complications. The perioperative period may be a …

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 …

Introduction: Pharmacists are uniquely positioned within the community to provide smoking
cessation counseling to their patients. However, pharmacists experience significant barriers …

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 …

Smoking cessation: intentions, attempts and techniques Page 33 Statistics Canada,
Catalogue no. 82-003-XPE• Health Reports, Vol. 20, no. 3, September 2009 31 Smoking …

Background: Community pharmacists' interventions have been found to be highly effective.
However, to date, there has been little information about pharmacists' potential roles and …

Background Physical therapists are uniquely positioned in health care to initiate or support
smoking cessation (SC). Little is known, however, about their knowledge and views of SC as …

Background: Smoking is a significant public health concern. The Ontario Pharmacy Smoking
Cessation Program was launched in September 2011 to leverage community pharmacists …