ArticleBMC public health2010
Community pharmacists' involvement in smoking cessation: familiarity and implementation of the National smoking cessation guideline in Finland.
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- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pharmacists on hierarchical management of COPD: a cross-sectional study in Jiangsu Province.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Are there differences in the treatment information received to support guided self-management between asthma and allergy patients?: A community pharmacy survey in Finland.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2021Article
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Lebanese Community Pharmacists toward Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2020Article
- A National Survey of Community Pharmacists on Smoking Cessation Services in Thailand.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Community pharmacists' knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2018Article
- Tobacco sales in pharmacies: a survey of attitudes, knowledge and beliefs of pharmacists employed in student experiential and other worksites in Western New York.BMC research notes · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundGuidelines on smoking cessation (SC) emphasize healthcare cooperation and community pharmacists' involvement. This study explored the familiarity and implementation of the National SC Guideline in Finnish community pharmacies, factors relating to Guideline familiarity, implementation and provision of SC services.
methodsA nationwide mail survey was sent to a systematic, sample of community pharmacy owners and staff pharmacists (total n = 2291). Response rate was 54% (n = 1190). Factors related to the SC Guideline familiarity were assessed by bivariate and multivariate analysis.
resultsAlmost half (47%) of the respondents (n = 1190) were familiar with the SC Guideline and familiarity enhanced Guideline implementation. The familiarity was associated with the respondents' perceptions of their personal SC skills and knowledge (OR 3.8); of customers' value of counseling on nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) (OR 3.3); and regular use of a pocket card supporting SC counseling (OR 3.0). Pharmacists' workplaces' characteristics, such as size and geographical location were not associated with familiarity. In addition to recommending NRT, the pharmacists familiar with the Guideline used more frequently other Guideline-based SC methods, such as recommended non-pharmacological SC aids, compared to unfamiliar respondents.
conclusionsSC Guideline familiarity and implementation is crucial for community pharmacists' involvement in SC actions in addition to selling NRT products. Pharmacists can constitute a potential public health resource in SC easily accessible throughout the country.
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