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Table 4 Level of importance of perceived barriers to the provision of waterpipe smoking cessation intervention among PCPs

From: Waterpipe smoking cessation: knowledge, barriers, and practices of primary care physicians- a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study

Perceived barrier

Very important/important

Neutral

Not important

N (%)

Patients are not compliant

72 (79.1)

5 (5.5)

14 (15.4)

Limited training and knowledge on smoking cessation

60 (78.7)

6 (6.7)

13 (14.6)

Lack of available smoking cessation referring clinic or program

69 (77.5)

11 (12.4)

9 (10.1)

Patients are not interested

66 (72.5)

12 (3.2)

13 (14.3)

Lack of time during patient consultation

60 (69.8)

18 (20.9)

8 (9.3)

Patients lack awareness about water pipe harms

63 (69.2)

9 (9.9)

19 (20.9)

Lack of personal knowledge about water pipe smoking cessation

61 (67.8)

12 (13.3)

17 (18.9)

Waterpipe smoking is considered a norm in special places by the community

57 (63.3)

11 (12.2)

22 (24.4)

Lack of knowledge about the harms of waterpipe

54 (60.0)

11 (12.2)

25 (27.8)

Cost of medications and clinic visit

53 (58.9)

21 (23.3)

16 (17.8)

No expected benefit as patients will continue to smoke anyway

45 (52.3)

20 (23.3)

21 (24.4)

The physician smokes

29 (38.2)

9 (11.8)

38 (50.0)