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ArticlePharmacy practice

Pharmaceutical interventions: A solution to stop smoking.

Muhammad Murad, Waseem Ul Hameed, Suresh Chandra Akula, Pritpal Singh

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Article in Pharmacy practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad MuradInstitute of Business Management and Administrative Sciences (IBMAS), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Pakistan. muhammadmuradjoiya@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9997
Waseem Ul HameedCentre of Excellence for Islamic Finance and Social Equity (CEIFSE), Department of Islamic and Conventional Banking (DICB), Institute of Business Management and Administrative Sciences (IBMAS), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Pakistan. waseemulhameed@iub.edu.pk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-563X
Suresh Chandra AkulaMittal school of business, Lovely Professional University, G.T. Road, Phagwara, Punjab144411, India. akulasureshchandra@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8751-313X
Pritpal SinghMittal school of business, Lovely professional university G.T. Road, Phagwara, Punjab 144411, India. Pritpal.16741@lpu.co.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-200X
Lovely Professional University · INIslamia University of Bahawalpur · PKIslamic University · BD

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Smoking has become a worldwide problem and the more problematic is when the youth of any country is highly involved in consuming tobacco that is dangerous for the human being. The Indian youth is involved in smoking-like activities that are dangerous for them. Objectives: To analyze the role of new treatment ways including nicotine gum, nicotine patch, and nicotine replacement therapy backed by pharmaceutical interventions to eliminate smoking from Indian society. Method: The hypotheses of this study are formed on the basis of previous studies and the identification of gap in practices. This study is based on the cross-sectional data that was collected with the help of a questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale from the Indian pharma industry people. The sample size for this study was 340 with a response rate of 50%. Results: In this study, 179 valid questionnaires were collected back from the respondents, and according to the results, nicotine gum, nicotine patch, and nicotine replacement therapies have a significant (p<0.05) effect on smoker attitudes. Conclusion: This study concludes that pharmaceutical interventions are critical to stopping the smoking habit in Indian society, and this contribution is providing a solution to stop smoking by affecting the smoker's attitude and smoking behavior.

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Nicotine gumNicotine patchNicotine replacement therapiesSmoker attitudeSmoking behavior

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PMID35919793
PMCPMC9296087
OpenAlexW4285033161

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