Factors associated with cessation of smoking in health professionals: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Offering cessation support to health professionals who smoke to ensure optimal implementation of cessation support for patients is a key recommendation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 14 guidelines. However, direct efforts to support this population to quit are limited. Although numerous articles on the topic of tobacco use among health professionals have been published, the factors associated with their own cessation have not been systematically synthesised.

Objective

We sought to synthesise existing literature on the predictors and processes informing attitudes and beliefs of smoking health professionals' own cessation.

Methods

A five-step methodological framework for scoping reviews was followed. We conducted a systematic searc

SUBMITTER: Evenhuis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234132 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature