Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists

Real-World Practice in Thailand

Bibliographic Data

ID15500280
AuthorsSunee Lertsinudom (0000-0001-6250-3277, Khon Kaen University), Pentipa Kaewketthong (Thai Health Promotion Foundation), Tamonwan Chankaew (0000-0001-8508-8352, Rajavithi Hospital), Dujrudee Chinwong (0000-0002-2527-5145, Chiang Mai University), Surarong Chinwong (0000-0001-6801-3340, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue22
Pages11890-11890
Publication date2021-11-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph182211890
PMID34831660
OpenAlexW3214628203
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This study aimed to report the effectiveness of community pharmacy smoking cessation services in 13 health regions in Thailand using a retrospective data-collecting method from the Foundation of Community Pharmacy database. The participants were smokers aged at least 18 years. The outcomes were the abstinence of smoking at least 30 consecutive days by self-report only and self-report with exhaled CO level p -value p -value p -value < 0.001. In conclusion, Thai community pharmacy smoking cessation services could aid smokers to quit smoking. This study is the outcome of the real-world community pharmacy smoking cessation service; policymakers should consider this service to be included in the national healthcare policy

Abstinence · Community pharmacy · Family medicine · Psychiatry · Smoking cessation · Asthma and respiratory diseases · Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Pharmacy

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