Factors influencing the practice of Smoking Cessation Assessment and Management among Primary Care Doctors (SCAAM-DOC) in three districts of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jee, Beatrice Ngee Ling, Cheong, Ai Theng, Abdul Manap, Abdul Hadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLOS) 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101487/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274568
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Background Smoking prevalence remains high in Malaysia. Primary care doctors have a good opportunity to motivate the smokers to quit smoking in view of the accessibility of primary healthcare clinics to the public. The objective of this study was to determine the practice of smoking cessation manage...