Doctors’ Survey — India
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India 🇮🇳
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Physicians Have Misperceptions About Nicotine
Participants were asked: “To what extent do you agree that nicotine by itself directly causes each of the smoking-related conditions below: Lung cancer, Bladder cancer, Head/neck/gastric cancers, Atherosclerosis, Birth defects, COPD.” The results include responses from “moderately agree” to “completely agree.”
Nicotine causes lung cancer | 88% |
Nicotine causes atherosclerosis | 87% |
Nicotine causes COPD | 86% |
Nicotine causes head/neck gastric cancers | 78% |
Nicotine causes birth defects | 75% |
Nicotine causes bladder cancer | 71% |
Participants were asked: “Which of the following interventions or methods to aid your patients with smoking reduction/cessation do you typically recommend or prescribe to your patients who want to reduce or quit smoking?”
Participants were asked: “Which of the following topics do you typically discuss or take action with your patients who smoke combustible forms of tobacco, regardless of other conditions they may have?”
Discuss health risks related to continued smoking | 80% |
Discuss health benefits of quitting to the patient | 78% |
Explain the various methods available to help the patient reduce/quit smoking | 72% |
Recommend cutting down on the amount of smokable tobacco products used | 71% |
Ask how much the patient smokes and for how long | 71% |
Ask about patient’s current use of tobacco or nicotine-containing products other than combustible tobacco products | 67% |
Assist the patient to develop a plan to quit | 67% |
Assess importance of quitting to the patient | 67% |
Record smoking status on the patient chart or record | 60% |
Assess challenges to quitting use of smokable tobacco | 60% |
Assess interest in trying a specific resource/product | 60% |
Advise the patient to quit rather than gradually reduce | 59% |
Discuss smoking at every visit | 56% |
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