ArticleResearch in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP2023
Patient awareness, perceptions, and attitudes towards pharmacists prescribing tobacco cessation medications.
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- Stakeholder feedback regarding a statewide protocol for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation medications.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2025Article
- Multi-level barriers and facilitators to implementing tobacco screening and cessation counseling in a Federally Qualified Health Center.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Specialty Tobacco Treatment Implementation in Oncology: A Qualitative Study.JCO oncology practice · 2025Article
- Closing Tobacco Treatment Gaps for Rural Populations: The Role of Clinic-Based Pharmacists at a Federally Qualified Health Center.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Patient perceptions of pharmacist-provided tobacco treatment at a federally qualified health center.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
- Clinician attitudes toward referring patients to pharmacists for tobacco cessation services.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRecent legislative advances now permit pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation medications in 17 states. While national initiatives are underway to prepare the pharmacy profession for this expanded role, patient perceptions of this role have not been explored.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to characterize patient perceptions, attitudes, and awareness of pharmacists prescribing for tobacco cessation medications.
methodsA cross-sectional survey of English and Spanish-speaking patients was conducted at 12 locations of a federally-qualified health center in Northwest Indiana. Survey measures assessed sociodemographics, tobacco use history and interest in quitting, prior interactions with pharmacists and awareness of pharmacists' ability to prescribe tobacco cessation medications, and perceptions of pharmacists assisting with cessation. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) served as a framework for item development. Multivariable logistic regression was used for modeling.
resultsA total of 2082 individuals (1878 English, 204 Spanish) completed the survey (42.4%). Among current users (n = 592; 28.4%), 46.2% had made a quit attempt in the past year, and 41.0% reported having used a tobacco cessation medication in the past. Over half (60.5%) of current users would be comfortable talking with a pharmacist about quitting, 31.9% intended to talk with a pharmacist about quitting, and 31.7% intended to ask a pharmacist to prescribe a medicine to help with quitting. In multivariable modeling, intention to (a) talk with a pharmacist about quitting and (b) ask a pharmacist to prescribe a medication were significantly associated with TPB constructs. Current tobacco users were receptive to pharmacist-facilitated assistance with quitting, including prescribing of tobacco cessation medications.
conclusionsPatients' attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, from the Theory of Planned Behavior, were important predictors of intention to engage with pharmacists for quitting and intention to ask a pharmacist to prescribe a cessation medication.
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