Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Preparedness of Dental Professionals in Prescribing Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Table 2

Attitude assessment of study participants regarding NRT.

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I do not consider TC counseling as a part of dentist professional role.	32 (42.1%)	24 (31.6%)	7 (9.2%)	9 (11.8%)	4 (5.3%)
I believe TC counseling by dentist could assist patients to quit smoking.	43 (56.6%)	30 (39.5%)	2 (2.6%)	0	1 (1.3%)
I believe NRT increase the rate of successful quitting the habit.	16 (21.1%)	46 (60.5%)	13 (17.1%)	1 (1.3%)	0
Tapering the nicotine dependence is better than immediate complete abstinence from nicotine.	26 (34.2%)	36 (47.4%)	9 (11.8%)	3 (3.9%)	0
Be interested in learning about smoking cessation counseling.	28 (36.8%)	39 (51.3%)	7 (9.2%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)
Nicotine dependence treatment be offered or provided to all your habitual smoker patients.	14 (18.4%)	42 (55.3%)	15 (19.7%)	5 (6.6%)	0