Perception of Tobacco Counseling and Cessation among Dental Practitioners

Table 2

Perceived barriers to tobacco smoking cessation counseling.

Perceived barriers to TCC		%
Extent to which patient resistance might be a barrier to TCC in the dental setting	Great	49.9
	Moderate	43.1
	Low	7.0
Reasons for not including TCC in dentists’ practice	Do not have enough knowledge	32.5
	It is not the dental practitioner’s job to do this	12.1
	All patients know the negative effect of smoking	12.5
	Only patients with systemic problems need TCC	2.9
	Patients will not respond positively	16.5
	Patients will not be happy talking about smoking in dental practice	22.8
	Lack of time	48.4
	Lack of necessary materials	45.3
	Some dental team member may be a smoker themselves	57.1