"What kind of general practitioner do I need for smoking cessation?" Results from a qualitative study in Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease. Thus, all activities aiming to reduce smoking play an important role in improving population health. The positive role of the general practitioner (GP) in smoking cessation could increase the success rate for quitting smoking, if compared with unassisted cessation. The aim of this study was to determine what kind of general practitioner smokers need in order to stop smoking.

Methods

Four focus groups with 12 current and 12 former smokers (aged 20-59, 11 women and 13 men), were arranged in the city of Toruń, Poland, with a view to describe their opinions on the GP's role in smoking cessation. The data were subjected to descriptive qualitative content analysis.

Results

Two major the

SUBMITTER: Buczkowski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3853716 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature