Tobacco Cessation Services: Current Practices and Perceptions of Dental Professionals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Cessation support falls behind compared to other MPOWER measures in Pakistan. As a resource-constrained LMIC, Pakistan can consider dental settings as a cost-efficient avenue for delivering cessation support-related services. Cessation services can be integrated into routine dental health care using a dental health workforce trained in cessation support. This untapped resource can help in curbing tobacco use in Pakistan and other similar contexts.
Authors
- Abid Rahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-6632)
- Aiman Niaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-2736)
- Zohaib Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1885-8254)
- S Asgharzadeh Amin
- Zeeshan Kibria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7536-8182)
- Babar Ahad
- Fayaz Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8597-663X)
- Suman Muhammad Wazir
Institutions
- Khyber Medical University (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tobacco Use Insights
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1179173x251394350
- Primary Topic
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00