What is it about?
Despite many decades of trying, mankind is still unable to improve smoking cessation rates very much. This study presents a descriptive model of barriers to smoking cessation with recommended time frames for overcoming barriers to smoking cessation.
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Why is it important?
this paper contributes to the limited literature available on smokers’ lived experiences of their attempts to quit smoking. Five themes of specific beliefs and practices prevented smokers from quitting. Clinicians need to work on these identified categories to help patients overcome barriers to smoking cessation guided by the time frames recommended by the authors.
Perspectives
The use of in-depth qualitative methods allowed detailed account of smokers’ experience in smoking cessation. This study highlighted the importance of sociocultural environment and misconception as factors contributing to the failure to quit smoking in this community. Educating smokers to dispel their misbeliefs is crucial. Development of religiously and culturally competent interventions should be considered to reduce relapse rate.
Kooi Yau Chean
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This page is a summary of: Barriers to smoking cessation: a qualitative study from the perspective of primary care in Malaysia, BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025491.
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